Forcepoint DLP Upgrade Guide
  1. Home
  2. Upgrading Forcepoint DLP

  3. Migrating Protector from CentOS7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8)

  4. Installation of the Forcepoint DLP Protector software package
  • Preparing to Upgrade Forcepoint DLP

  • Upgrading Forcepoint DLP

    • Upgrade the management infrastructure
    • Upgrade data security components on the management server
    • Deploy settings
    • Complete post-upgrade steps on the management server

    • Upgrade supplemental servers and Windows-based agents

    • Upgrade protectors
    • Migrating Protector from CentOS7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8)

      • Pre-migration requirements
      • Installation of the Forcepoint DLP Protector software package
      • Post-migration steps
    • Updating configuration file
    • Obtaining updates in enabled Policy/Rules
    • Data Protection Service
    • Re-enabling fingerprint classifiers

Installation of the Forcepoint DLP Protector software package

Steps

Use the steps for Installing Forcepoint DLP Protector software package given in the Forcepoint Installation guide.

After installation, traffic to the new installed protector can be resumed.

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