Restarting the endpoint machine after an upgrade
When you upgrade Forcepoint F1E agents on your endpoint machines, you might need to restart the endpoint machine to complete the upgrade. The following table shows the scenarios where a restart is required when you upgrade from an earlier version of the agent to the v21.09 agent.
| Upgrade from | Restart Required? |
|---|---|
| Forcepoint DLP Endpoint (Windows) | |
| v8.3 and earlier | Yes You must uninstall Forcepoint DLP Endpoint v8.3 and earlier, then restart the endpoint machine before installing v21.09. |
| v8.4 v8.5 v18.x v19.x v20.x v21.x |
Yes |
| Forcepoint DLP Endpoint (Mac) | |
| v8.3 and earlier |
Yes You must uninstall Forcepoint DLP Endpoint v8.3 and earlier, then restart the endpoint machine before installing v21.09. |
|
v8.4 v8.5 v18.x v19.03 |
Yes |
|
v19.04 and later v20.x v21.x |
No |
| Forcepoint Proxy Connect Endpoint (Windows) | |
| v8.3 and earlier | Yes You must uninstall Forcepoint Proxy Connect Endpoint v8.3 and earlier, then restart the endpoint machine before installing v21.09. |
|
v8.4 v8.5 v19.x v20. v21.x |
Yes |
| Forcepoint Proxy Connect Endpoint (Mac) | |
| v8.3 and earlier | Yes You must uninstall Forcepoint Proxy Connect Endpoint v8.3 and earlier, then restart the endpoint machine before installing v21.09. |
|
v8.4 v8.5 v19.x v20.x v21.x |
No |
| Forcepoint Direct Connect Endpoint (Windows) | |
| v8.3 and earlier | Yes You must uninstall Forcepoint Direct Connect Endpoint v8.3 and earlier, then restart the endpoint machine before installing v21.09. |
|
v8.4 v8.5 v19.x v20.x v21.x |
Yes |
| Forcepoint Direct Connect Endpoint (Mac) | |
|
v19.03 and later v20.x v21.x |
No |
| Forcepoint ECA (Windows only) | |
| v1.4 and earlier | Yes You must uninstall Forcepoint ECA v1.4 and earlier, then restart the endpoint machine before installing v21.09. |
|
v19.04 and later v20.x v21.x |
No |