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Installation and upgrade
Release Notes | Forcepoint Email Security | Version 8.5.5 | Updated: 29-April-2022
Requirements
On-premises Email Security is supported on the following platforms.
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Download the appropriate image file from theForcepoint Customer Hub downloads menu. See the Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide for system requirements and deployment information.
Version 8.5.5 Email Virtual Appliances are certified and supported for VMware ESXi 7 / 6.7 / 6.5 / 6.0. A stable release of ESXi is recommended to avoid unexpected issues.
 
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For ESXi 7 and 6.7, users must use the v8.5.4 OVA file to create a new VM. Versions 8.5.3 and earlier will not deploy and are not supported on ESXi 7 or 6.7.
The Forcepoint Security Manager and Email Log Server are hosted on a separate Windows Server machine. This server must be running an English language instance of Windows Server.
Microsoft SQL Server is used for the Email Log Database. See System requirements for this version for detailed information about supported applications and versions.
Important 
If your Microsoft SQL Server installation uses a named instance, port 1433 is opened on the firewall even if you specify a different port during Email Security installation. You must manually change this port setting after installation is complete.
See Installing Forcepoint Email Security for installation procedures.
Third-party platform and product support
This version adds support for:
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This version ends support for:
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See the Certified Product Matrix for information about all supported platforms.
Upgrade paths
If you are running Forcepoint Email Security version 8.5.3 or 8.54, you can upgrade directly to Forcepoint Email Security version 8.5.5. You must perform intermediate upgrades if you are running any other previous version of Email Security Gateway or TRITON AP-EMAIL.
Upgrades to version v8.5.5 on Azure are not supported.
If you are running AP-DATA Email Gateway version 8.3, it is not possible to upgrade to version 8.5.4; a new appliance must be installed.
See Upgrading to Forcepoint Email Security v8.5.x for:
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You must upgrade a version 7.8.4 Email Security Gateway X Series chassis security blade to TRITON AP-EMAIL version 8.0.0 before you can upgrade to version 8.5. To upgrade an X Series security blade, see the X Series upgrade guide.

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