Prerequisites for Upgrading vSEC Controller R80.10 or lower

Important Information:

Step	Description
1	See the Known Limitation VSECPC-1341 in the R80.20 Known Limitations SK.
2	See the R80.20 CloudGuard Controller Administration Guide for a list of supported gateways.
3	When you upgrade a vSEC Controller R80.10 or below to R80.20, these files are overwritten with default values: $MDS_FWDIR/conf/vsec.conf $MDS_FWDIR/conf/tagger_db.C $MDS_FWDIR/conf/AWS_regions.conf Before you begin the upgrade, back up all files you changed in the past.
4	Before you begin the upgrade on a vSEC Controller R80.10 or below, if you have a Cisco APIC server, keep only one URL. After the upgrade, add the other URLs.

Notes:

• During the upgrade, vSEC Controller R80.10 or below does not communicate with the Data Centers. Therefore, Data Center objects are not updated on the vSEC Controller or the Security Gateways.
• Licenses and Service Contracts:
  • Make sure you have valid licenses installed on all applicable Check Point computers - source and target.
  • Make sure you have a valid Service Contract that includes software upgrades and major releases registered to your Check Point User Center account.

    The contract file is stored on the Management Server and downloaded to Check Point Security Gateways during the upgrade process.

    For more information about Service Contracts, see sk33089.