New in V-Series version 7.8.1

Topic 44016 / Updated: 30-October-2013


Applies To:	Websense V-Series Appliances Version 7.8.1 Models include: V10000 G2, V10000 G3, V5000 G2

USB Recovery/Upgrade Image

No On-box Web Security Manager

New command line utility (CLI) commands

Upgrade Hotfix and Patch

You can upgrade directly to version 7.8.1 from 7.7.0 or 7.7.3 in 2 steps.

Upgrade your appliances through the V-Series console by:

downloading and applying Hotfix 90, and then

loading and applying the 7.8.1 patch

Obtain Hotfix 90 (available for 7.7.0 and 7.7.3) in the V-Series console by navigating to the Administration > Patches / Hotfixes > Hotfixes tab and searching for the hotfix.

Note that you must install Hotfix 90 onto your current version before you upload or download the 7.8.1 patch file. This is because Hotfix 90 prepares the appliance to receive the large patch file.

After Hotfix 90 has been installed, download the 7.8.1 patch. To do this, go to the Administration > Patches / Hotfixes > Patches tab. The patch is a single tarball that includes an rpm file and an img file.

After it is downloaded to one appliance, the large patch tarball can be saved to a local machine (and installed where you downloaded it). From the local machine, you can upload it to any appliance that has been hotfixed with Hotfix 90.

Note

If you save the patch to a local machine and then upload it to other appliances, be sure to select both the rpm file and the img file at the same time in the Upload Patch utility. If you try to upload one file, then the other, a warning message is displayed, and the upload may not complete successfully.

For an overview of this upgrade process, see the support video, Upgrading a Websense V-Series appliance to v7.8.1.

Complete upgrade and installation instructions for the appliance can be found in the Appliance Upgrade Guide.

For high-level flow diagrams of upgrading from v7.7.x, see:

Web Security Gateway and Email Security Gateway on V-Series: Upgrade to 7.8.1

Web Security and Web Security Gateway on V-Series: Upgrade to 7.8.1

Email Security Gateway on V-Series: Upgrade to 7.8.1

USB Recovery/Upgrade Image

Occasionally, you may need to upgrade or recover your appliance using a USB image. The recovery/upgrade image for version 7.8.1 is supplied on the mywebsense.com web page. The recovery/upgrade image will automatically detect your previous installation and prompt you to re-image your appliance or upgrade your appliance. Complete instruction for downloading and creating the USB image can be found in this Knowledge Base article.

No On-box Web Security Manager

Version 7.8.1 of the Websense V-Series appliance removes support for an on-box instance of Web Security manager. In previous versions of the appliance, an on-box instance of Web Security manager was optional for demonstration and very small deployments. Beginning with version 7.8.1, an off-box instance of Web Security manager must be used. If you are currently running Web Security manager on the appliance and are upgrading to version 7.8.1, you must first migrate your Web Security manager to another server. Complete instructions on migrating to an off-box Web Security manager can be found in the Technical Library.

Complete 64-bit Support

In version 7.8.1, the V-Series appliance is now based on a full 64-bit operating system. Virtualization is based on Xen 4.2. The appliance OS and DomUs are all based on CentOS 6.3. REQ 41086.

In addition to 64-bit support on the appliance operating systems, all appliance components are also now 64-bit.

New command line utility (CLI) commands

The following new CLI commands were added in this release:


Command	Description	Parameters
esgshell debug module	Applies to the Websense Email Security module only. Debugs the specified Email Security Gateway module. You must click Stop to end the debug session.	[Expression]: Enter the name of the module you want to debug. Click the information icon for examples. Separate multiple entries with a comma. Examples: filter event all, config_daemon event all
maillog download	Applies to the Websense Email Security module only. Downloads the specified maillog file.	[File name]: Enter the file name for the mail log you want to download.
maillog show	Applies to the Websense Email Security module only. Displays all available maillog file names, along with starting and ending timestamps and file size.	None.
pem settings download	Applies to the Websense Email Security module only. Downloads Personal Email Manager configuration settings, log files, and end-user personal Always Block/Permit files.	None.