Your current stands alone VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence (Al) R55 installation is running on
Secure Platform. You plan to implement VPN-1 NGX in a distributed environment, where the existing
machine will be the VPN-1 Pro Gateway. An additional machine will serve as the Smart Center
Server. The new machine runs on a Windows Server 2003. You need to upgrade the NG with Al R55
Smart Center Server configuration to VPN-1 NGX.
How do you upgrade to VPN-1 NGX?
A.
Insert the NGX CD in the existing NGwithAI R55 Secure Platform machine, and answer yes to
backup the configuration. Copy the backup file to the Windows Server 2003. Continue the upgrade
process. Reboot after upgrade is finished. After Secure Platform NGX reboots, run sysconfig, select
VPN-1 Pro Gateway, and finish the sysconfig process. Reboot again. Use the NGX CD to install the
primary SmartCenter on the Windows Server 2003. Import the backup file.
B.
Run the backup command in the existing SecurePlatform machine, to create a backup file. Copy
the file to the Windows Server 2003. Uninstall all Check Point products on SecurePlatform by
running rpm CPsuitE. R55 command. Reboot. Install new VPN-1 NGX on the existing Secure Platform
machine. Run sysconfig, select VPN-1 Pro Gateway, and reboot. Use VPN-1 NGX CD to install primary
Smart Center Server on the Windows Server 2003. Import the backup file.
C.
Copy the $FWDIR\conf and $FWDIR\lib files from the existing Secure Platform machine. Create a
tar.gzfile, and copy it to the Windows Server 2003. Use VPN-1 NGX CD on the existing Secure
Platform machine to do a new installation. Reboot. Run sysconfig and select VPN-1 Pro Gateway.
Reboot. Use the NGX CD to install the primary Smart Center Server on the Windows Server 2003. On
the Windows Server 2003, run upgradeimport command to import $FWDIR\conf and $FWDIR\lib
from the Secure Platform machine.
D.
Run backup command on the existing Secure Platform machine to create a backup file. Copy the
file to the Windows Server 2003. Uninstall the primary Smart Center Server package from NG with Al
R55 Secure Platform using sysconfig. Reboot. Install the NGX primary SmartCenter Server and import
the backup file. Open the NGX Smart Update, and select “upgrade all packages” on the NG with Al
R55 Security Gateway.