Migrating web management components

Before you begin

Applies to:
  • Forcepoint Web Security, v8.5.x
  • Forcepoint URL Filtering, v8.5.x

In v8.5.x, the management server can reside on a number of 64-bit Windows platforms. See the Certified Product Matrix for details.

  • No migration is necessary to upgrade from
    • v8.1.x, v8.2.x, v8.3.x or v8.4.x to v8.5.
    • v8.2.x, v8.3.x, v8.4.x, or v8.5 to v8.5.3.
    • v8.4.x, v8.5, or v8.5.3 to v8.5.4.

    which are also supported on these 64-bit Windows platforms.

  • Version 7.7.x can be migrated to Windows Server 2008 R2 via the steps below.

To migrate your management server components:

Steps

  1. Perform a backup on your current installation, and store the backup file in a safe location.
    See the How do I back up and restore the TRITON infrastructure? paper for v7.6.x - 7.8.x in the Technical Library.
  2. Uninstall the TRITON components (TRITON Infrastructure and the Web Security module) from their current location.
  3. Reinstall TRITON Infrastructure and the Web module on the new server.
    This makes it possible to preserve your existing global configuration settings, as explained in the next step.
  4. Restore your TRITON Infrastructure backup to the new machine to preserve your TRITON Settings configuration.
    Refer to the How do I back up and restore the TRITON infrastructure? paper for instructions.
  5. Upgrade your software to v8.5.x. See Upgrading Web Protection Solutions.
    The upgrade instructions include information about the order in which to upgrade your components.

Next steps

For migration instructions for additional components, see:

  • Moving web policy components to a new machine
  • Updating the operating system on an existing web protection machine