Upgrade Methods
You can use this method to upgrade your Security Gateways and Cluster Members:
Gateway |
Central Deployment Tool |
CPUSE |
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Security Gateways, VSX Gateways, Cluster Members |
See Upgrade of Security Gateways and Cluster Members with Central Deployment Tool |
You can use these methods to upgrade your Management Servers and Log Servers:
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Important:
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With Central Deployment Tool on the Management Server, you can install software packages to upgrade or to perform a clean install on Security Gateways and Cluster Members.
For more information, see sk111158.

With CPUSE, you can install software packages to upgrade or to perform a clean install on Check Point computers that run on the Gaia Operating System.
For more about CPUSE, see sk92449.
For detailed CPUSE upgrade instructions, see:
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Note - When you perform an upgrade to R80.40 with CPUSE from R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, or R80.30 versions, you can see the upgrade report in Gaia Portal. See Installing Software Packages on Gaia. |

In an advanced upgrade scenario, perform these steps on the same Check Point computer:
Step |
Instructions |
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1 |
Take a full backup and snapshot of the current Check Point computer. |
2 |
Export the entire management database with the R80.40 Management Server Migration Tool. |
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Get the R80.40 Check Point computer:
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4 |
Import the entire management database. |
For detailed Advanced Upgrade instructions, see:
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Note - When you perform an upgrade to R80.40 from R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, or R80.30 versions, you can see the upgrade report on the server. The upgrade process generates this report after each specific stage of an upgrade:
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In a migration and upgrade scenario, perform these steps on the source Check Point computer and the different target Check Point computer:
Step |
Instructions |
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1 |
Export the entire management database from the source Check Point computer with the R80.40 Management Server Migration Tool. |
2 |
Install another target R80.40 Check Point computer. |
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Import the entire management database on the new target R80.40 Check Point computer. |
For detailed migration and upgrade instructions, see:
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Note - When you perform an upgrade to R80.40 from R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, or R80.30 versions, you can see the upgrade report on the target server. The upgrade process generates this report after each specific stage of an upgrade:
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In a gradual scenario, perform these steps on the source R7x Multi-Domain Server and the target R80.40 Multi-Domain Server:
Step |
Instructions |
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1 |
Install a target R80.40 Multi-Domain Server. |
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Create the corresponding Domain Management Servers, into which you import the entire management databases from the source R7x Domain Management Servers. |
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Migrate the Global Policy from the current R7x Multi-Domain Server to the R80.40 Multi-Domain Server. |
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On the current R7x Multi-Domain Server, export the entire management databases from the applicable source R7x Domain Management Servers one by one with the R80.40 Management Server Migration Tool. |
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On the target R80.40 Multi-Domain Server, import the entire management databases to the applicable target R80.40 Domain Management Servers one by one. |
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Best Practice - We recommend you upgrade the entire Multi-Domain Server at once. |
For detailed gradual upgrade instructions, see Upgrading one R7x Multi-Domain Server with Gradual Migration of Domain Management Servers.