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Upgrade sequence for solutions that include Web, Email, and Data Security
Deployment and Installation Center | Web, Data, and Email Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x and earlier
 
Applies to:                                         
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Web Filter, Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Web Security Gateway Anywhere, v7.6.7 and earlier
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Data Security, v7.7.x
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Email Security Gateway and Email Security Gateway Anywhere, v7.6.x
If you have a mixed topology, upgrade components in the following order:
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The machine hosting Web Security Policy Broker
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This may be a software (Windows or Linux) installation or the full policy source appliance.
If Policy Broker is on an appliance, it does not matter whether the appliance is running in Web Security or Web and Email Security mode.
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If Policy Broker is on the same machine as other Web, Data, or Email Security components, still upgrade the Policy Broker machine first.
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After Policy Broker is upgraded, Content Gateway instances on other machines do not perform Web filtering until they are also upgraded.
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Additional instances of Web Security Policy Server
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May be software-based or on user directory and filtering appliances.
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If Policy Server is on an appliance, it does not matter whether the appliance is running in Web Security or Web and Email Security mode.
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Additional instances of Web Security Filtering Service or User Service
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Additional instances of Filtering Service may be software-based or on filtering only appliances.
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If Filtering Service is on an appliance, it does not matter whether the appliance is running in Web Security or Web and Email Security mode.
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Web and Email Security Log Server
If these components are on separate machines, it does not matter which is upgraded first.
 
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Important 
Make sure that no Email Security Log Database or Web Security Log Database jobs are running while the Log Server instances are being upgraded.
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TRITON management server (includes TRITON infrastructure, as well as Web, Email, and Data Security management components)
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Whenever possible, upgrade the management server before any other Data Security components. This ensures that Data Security policy engines (and thus analysis) continue to function until they are upgraded themselves.
Note that you cannot deploy new policies to the policy engines until they are upgraded to the same version as the management server.
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If you need to upgrade a Data Security policy engine before upgrading the TRITON management server—because the policy engine resides on a full policy source appliance—detection of fingerprinted content might not work on the appliance until the management server is upgraded.
The Data Security policy engine embedded in Content Gateway and Email Security Gateway continues to monitor the old Web and email DLP policies and block/permit accordingly.
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Any appliances running in Email Security mode
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The Email Security Gateway MTA continues to function after the management server upgrade, but the logs are cached on the appliance until Email Security Gateway is upgraded as well. For best practice, upgrade Email Security Gateway as soon as possible after the management server, or email traffic must be redirected to another MTA.
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If your appliances are running in Web and Email Security mode, all appliances may already have been upgraded in steps 1-3.
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Other Web Security components (including software-based installations of Content Gateway)
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Other Data Security components
 
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Important 
The components running on the machine you are upgrading go down until the upgrade is complete. You should plan for a brief period of down time.

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