Preparing for upgrade of Data Security

Deployment and Installation Center | Data Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x

Applies to:

In this topic:

Data Security, v7.1.x, 7.5.x, 7.6.x

Redirect traffic

TRITON management server

SQL Server

7.1 license file not valid

Websense administrator accounts

Notes and exceptions

Redirect traffic

Prior to upgrading Data Security (Suite) to version 7.6, it is a best practice to redirect traffic to not be monitored by Data Security (Suite).

Re-route email traffic so exchange servers send email directly, rather than through Data Security agents or Protectors.

Bypass any inline Protectors.

Disable ISA Agent if installed on an ISA Server machine.

If you are running Data Security (Suite) in monitoring only mode, it is not necessary to redirect traffic.

TRITON management server

In version 7.6, management of a Websense deployment is concentrated on one machine, the TRITON management server. All management interfaces (TRITON - Web Security, Data Security, and Email Security) and components run on this machine.

When upgrading the Data Security Management Server, you must decide whether you want to upgrade the same machine to be the 7.6 TRITON management server. Note that the TRITON management server must be a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.

If necessary, obtain a machine meeting the operating system and hardware requirements stated in System requirements for this version prior to beginning the upgrade process.

SQL Server

Prior to upgrading to Data Security 7.6, Microsoft SQL Server must be installed and operational somewhere in your network. For version 7.6, SQL Server is used, instead of Oracle Database, to store and maintain Data Security data. See System requirements for this version for which versions of SQL Server are supported.

Optionally, you can use the Websense installer to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (SQL Server Express)—a free, limited-performance edition of SQL Server—to be used for Data Security data.


	Note Only the supported Express edition of SQL Server (i.e., SQL Server 2008 R2 Express) can be installed on the TRITON management server. If using a "full" version of SQL Server, it must run on a separate machine.

If you want to install SQL Server Express on a machine separate from the TRITON management server, install it prior to upgrading Data Security. See Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (without TRITON Infrastructure) for instructions.

If you want to install SQL Server Express on the TRITON management server, it is not necessary to install it before upgrading. Choose to install it during installation of TRITON Infrastructure.


	Note In version 7.1, the Data Security Management Server could be installed on a machine that also had SQL Server 2005 installed. If you want to use SQL Server 2008 R2 Express on the same machine, you must remove SQL Server 2005 prior to upgrading.

7.1 license file not valid

A Data Security Suite version 7.1 license file is not valid for use with version 7.6. Prior to upgrading, obtain a version 7.6 license file from Websense, Inc.

Websense administrator accounts

Make sure Websense administrator accounts authenticated by a directory service have an email address specified in the directory service. In version 7.6, an email address is required for each administrator account (except group accounts). See Upgrading or merging administrator accounts for more information.

Notes and exceptions

Read Upgrade Notes and Exceptions for important information about data and configuration that may not be supported or may be moved by the upgrade process.