Management Server Migration Tool and Upgrade Tools

Important

You must always use the Management Server Migration Tool of the version, to which you upgrade.
Download the applicable package from the R80.20 Home Page.
To upgrade from R80.20.M1, you must use the special version of the Upgrade Tools from sk135172.

These tools:

Let you make sure it is possible to upgrade the current management database without issues.
Let you generate an upgrade report with the list of detected issues that can fail the upgrade.

The upgrade report shows these messages:

Message Category	Description
Action items before the upgrade	Errors you must repair before the upgrade. Warnings of issues for you to decide whether to fix before upgrade. An example of an error you must fix before the upgrade is an invalid policy name.
Action items after the upgrade	Errors and warnings that you must fix after the upgrade.
Information messages	Items to be aware of. For example, an object type is not supported in the higher version, but is in your database and it is converted during the upgrade.

Message Category

Description

Action items before the upgrade

Errors you must repair before the upgrade.

Warnings of issues for you to decide whether to fix before upgrade.

An example of an error you must fix before the upgrade is an invalid policy name.

Action items after the upgrade

Errors and warnings that you must fix after the upgrade.

Information messages

Items to be aware of.

For example, an object type is not supported in the higher version, but is in your database and it is converted during the upgrade.

The most important files in the Management Server Migration Tool and Upgrade Tools packages:

Package	Description
`migrate` `migrate_server`	Exports and imports the management database and applicable Check Point configuration. Run: `./migrate -h` `./migrate_server -h`
`migrate.conf`	Contains configuration settings for Advanced Upgrade / Database Migration.
`ips_upgrade_tool`	Runs the IPS database upgrade.
`pre_upgrade_verifier`	Analyzes compatibility of the currently installed configuration with the version, to which you upgrade. It gives a report on the actions to take before and after the upgrade. Note - This tool is required only when you upgrade from R77.30 (or lower) version to R80.20.
`puv_report_generator`	Runs at the end of `pre_upgrade_verifier` and converts the text report file to an HTML file. Note -This tool is required only when you upgrade from R77.30 (or lower) version to R80.20.

Using the Pre-Upgrade Verifier

Important - This applies only when you upgrade from R77.30 (or lower) version to R80.20.

We recommend that you run the Pre-Upgrade Verifier (PUV) on the source Check Point computer before you upgrade. The Pre-Upgrade Verifier analyzes compatibility of the currently installed configuration with the version, to which you upgrade. It gives a report on the actions to take before and after the upgrade.

The Pre-Upgrade Verifier can only verify a management database that is intended for upgrade to a different major version (for example, from R77.xx to R80.20).

The Pre-Upgrade Verifier runs automatically during the upgrade process. You can also run it manually.

Run this command and use the applicable syntax based on the instructions on the screen:

[Expert@HostName:0]# ./pre_upgrade_verifier -h

Note - This is required only when you upgrade from R77.30 (or lower) version to R80.20.