Approach 2: Using A New Hardware; Mdr Central Manager Upgrade - McAfee M-1250 - Network Security Platform Upgrade Manual

Log on to the 6.0 Central Manager and check the Status page to ensure that the Manager is
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working fine.
If everything is working fine, it means that the Manager upgrade was successful.
Back up the 6.0 Central Manager database.
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Upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.
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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 27
See also
Backing up Network Security Platform data on page 25
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade on page 28

Approach 2: Using a new hardware

Important points regarding this approach are as follows:
• It assumes that you have a 64-bit system with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition installed.
• It assumes that your existing Central 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 Central Manager server to 6.0. See Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade.
Post-upgrade, back up the 6.0 database of the Central Manager server. See Performing a database
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backup.
3 On the network, replace the existing Central Manager server with the new one.
Make sure that the IP address of the new Central Manager is the same as that of the existing one.
If the IP is different, then the Managers cannot communicate with the new Central Manager
machine. Then you need to re-establish this communication from each Manager.
4 On the new machine, install Central Manager 6.0. See the Installation Guide for information.
5 Restore the 6.0 database backup from the existing Central Manager on the new machine. For
information on how to restore a database, see the Manager Server Configuration Guide.
Log on to the new Central Manager server and check the Status page to ensure everything is
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working fine.
See also
Reviewing the upgrade requirements on page 23
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade on page 28
Performing a database backup on page 25

MDR Central Manager upgrade

To upgrade the primary and secondary Central Managers configured for Manager Disaster Recovery
(MDR):
Upgrading the Central Manager
MDR Central Manager upgrade
McAfee Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide
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