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Approach 2: Using a new hardware, Upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.

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4 Upgrading the Manager Manager and OS upgrade 3 Log on to the 6.0 Manager and check the Status page to ensure that the Manager is working fine. If everything is working fine, it means that the Manager upgrade was successful. 4 Back up the 6.0 Manager database. 5 Upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition. 6 After OS upgrade, log on to the Manager and check the Status page to ensure everything is working fine. Tasks • Approach 2: Using a new hardware on page 38 See also Backing up Network Security Platform data on page 25 Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade on page 28 Stand-alone Manager upgrade on page 39 Approach 2: Using a new hardware Important points regarding this approach are: • It assumes that you have a 64-bit system with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition installed. • It assumes that your existing Manager server and the new machine meet the other requirements discussed in Reviewing the upgrade requirements. The high-level steps involved in this approach are: Task 1 Upgrade the existing Manager to 6.0. See Stand-alone Manager upgrade. 2 Post-upgrade, back up the 6.0 database of the Manager. See Performing a database backup. 3 On the network, replace the existing Manager server with the new one. Make sure that the IP address of the new Manager is the same as that of the existing one. If the IP is different, then the Sensors cannot communicate with the new Manager machine. Then you need to re-establish this communication from each Sensor. 4 On the new machine, install Manager 6.0. See the Installation Guide for information. 5 Restore the 6.0 database backup from the existing Manager on the new machine. For information on how to restore a database, see the Manager Server Configuration Guide. 6 Install the Manager license file at . You should have copied the license file as described in Manager license file requirement. From version 6.0.7.5, you do not require a license file to use the Manager. 7 Log on to the new Manager server and check the Status page to ensure everything is working fine. See also Reviewing the upgrade requirements on page 23 Stand-alone Manager upgrade on page 39 Performing a database backup on page 25 Manager license file requirement on page 32 38 McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide

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3
Log on to the 6.0 Manager and check the Status page to ensure that the Manager is working fine.
If everything is working fine, it means that the Manager upgrade was successful.
4
Back up the 6.0 Manager database.
5
Upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.
6
After OS upgrade, log on to the Manager and check the Status page to ensure everything is
working fine.
Tasks
•
Approach 2: Using a new hardware
on page 38
See also
Backing up Network Security Platform data
on page 25
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade
on page 28
Stand-alone Manager upgrade
on page 39
Approach 2: Using a new hardware
Important points regarding this approach are:
•
It assumes that you have a 64-bit system with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition installed.
•
It assumes that your existing Manager server and the new machine meet the other requirements
discussed in Reviewing the upgrade requirements.
The high-level steps involved in this approach are:
Task
1
Upgrade the existing Manager to 6.0. See Stand-alone Manager upgrade.
2
Post-upgrade, back up the 6.0 database of the Manager. See Performing a database backup.
3
On the network, replace the existing Manager server with the new one.
Make sure that the IP address of the new Manager is the same as that of the existing one. If the IP
is different, then the Sensors cannot communicate with the new Manager machine. Then you need
to re-establish this communication from each Sensor.
4
On the new machine, install Manager 6.0. See the
Installation Guide
for information.
5
Restore the 6.0 database backup from the existing Manager on the new machine. For information
on how to restore a database, see the
Manager Server Configuration Guide
.
6
Install the Manager license file at <Network Security Manager installation directory\App\config>.
You should have copied the license file as described in Manager license file requirement.
From version 6.0.7.5, you do not require a license file to use the Manager.
7
Log on to the new Manager server and check the Status page to ensure everything is working fine.
See also
Reviewing the upgrade requirements
on page 23
Stand-alone Manager upgrade
on page 39
Performing a database backup
on page 25
Manager license file requirement
on page 32
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