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Upgrading the Manager Stand-alone Manager upgrade 4 Stand-alone Manager upgrade Before you upgrade the Manager to 6.0, make sure of the following: • If you are using Central Manager, it must be upgraded to 6.0 before you upgrade the Manager. • Your current Network Security Platform infrastructure meets all the requirements discussed in Reviewing the upgrade requirements. • You have reviewed and understood the implications of the upgrade considerations discussed in Reviewing the upgrade considerations for the Manager. • You have backed up your 5.1 Manager data. See Backing up Network Security Platform data. • You have the 6.0 Manager installable file at hand. You can download it from the McAfee Update Server. See Downloading the Manager/Central Manager executable, Installation Guide. • You have your Manager MySQL root password available. You set this password when installing the Manager. • Stop all third-party applications. It is especially important that you stop any third-party application, such as the arcSight agent, that communicates with the MySQL database. The Manager cannot upgrade the database if MySQL is actively communicating with another application. If this is an upgrade of a Manager in an MDR pair, then you should switch it to standby mode before you upgrade. Make sure you are following the steps in MDR Manager upgrade. To upgrade a stand-alone Manager: Task 1 Stop the Manager service. Right-click on the Manager icon at the bottom-right corner of your server and stop the service. Alternatively, go to Windows Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services. Then right-click on , and select Stop. 2 Stop the User Interface service using the same method as described in step 1. 3 Stop the Watchdog service using the same method as described in step 1. Make sure the Database service remains started. 4 Exit the Manager tray from the Windows Task Bar. 5 Close all open applications. (If any application is interacting with Network Security Platform, your installation may be unsuccessful.) 6 Move any 5.1 saved report files and alert archives from the server to some other location. The reports are saved at \REPORTS folder. The alert archives are saved at \alertarchival folder. 7 Run the 6.0 Manager executable. 8 Install the software as described in the Manager Installation Guide. 9 Run the two SQL scripts only if you are prompted to do so. See Running Additional Scripts. The system prompts you only if there are 1 million or more, alerts or host events, in your Manager. 10 Open the Manager. You may be requested to download the required version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) if the same or higher version is not present already. McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide 39

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Stand-alone Manager upgrade
Before you upgrade the Manager to 6.0, make sure of the following:
•
If you are using Central Manager, it must be upgraded to 6.0 before you upgrade the Manager.
•
Your current Network Security Platform infrastructure meets all the requirements discussed in
Reviewing the upgrade requirements.
•
You have reviewed and understood the implications of the upgrade considerations discussed in
Reviewing the upgrade considerations for the Manager.
•
You have backed up your 5.1 Manager data. See Backing up Network Security Platform data.
•
You have the 6.0 Manager installable file at hand. You can download it from the McAfee Update
Server. See Downloading the Manager/Central Manager executable,
Installation Guide
.
•
You have your Manager MySQL root password available. You set this password when installing the
Manager.
•
Stop all third-party applications. It is especially important that you stop any third-party application,
such as the arcSight agent, that communicates with the MySQL database. The Manager cannot
upgrade the database if MySQL is actively communicating with another application.
If this is an upgrade of a Manager in an MDR pair, then you should switch it to standby mode before
you upgrade. Make sure you are following the steps in MDR Manager upgrade.
To upgrade a stand-alone Manager:
Task
1
Stop the Manager service. Right-click on the Manager icon at the bottom-right corner of your
server and stop the service. Alternatively, go to
Windows Control Panel
|
Administrative Tools
|
Services
. Then
right-click on , and select Stop.
2
Stop the
User Interface
service using the same method as described in step 1.
3
Stop the
Watchdog
service using the same method as described in step 1.
Make sure the Database service remains started.
4
Exit the Manager tray from the Windows Task Bar.
5
Close all open applications. (If any application is interacting with Network Security Platform, your
installation may be unsuccessful.)
6
Move any 5.1 saved report files and alert archives from the server to some other location.
The reports are saved at <Manager install directory>\REPORTS folder. The alert archives are saved
at <Manager install directory>\alertarchival folder.
7
Run the 6.0 Manager executable.
8
Install the software as described in the
Manager Installation Guide
.
9
Run the two SQL scripts only if you are prompted to do so. See Running Additional Scripts.
The system prompts you only if there are 1 million or more, alerts or host events, in your Manager.
10
Open the Manager.
You may be requested to download the required version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) if the
same or higher version is not present already.
Upgrading the Manager
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