Preparing to upgrade the protector

Steps to be done before upgrading the protector.

Use these steps if the protector is at v8.6.0 or later. To download the upgrade script on the protector machine:

Steps

  1. Navigate to support.forcepoint.com and click the My Account link.
  2. Log in, then click Downloads in the menu bar at the top of the page.
  3. Under Data Security > Forcepoint DLP, click the 8.9.1 link.
  4. Select Forcepoint DLP Appliance Upgrade Script from 8.6, 8.7.x, 8.8.x, or 8.9.x to 8.9.1 in the list of installers.
  5. On the Product Installer page, click the Download link near the bottom of the page.
  6. When the download is complete, unzip the ProtectorUpdate891.zip file.
  7. Copy the resulting file, protector-update-8.9.1-yyyy, to directory /tmp directory. Here, yyyy is the latest build number, such as 8.9.1-3456.