How to upgrade Sophos SafeGuard Management Central 7.00.0.97 to 8.10

Question

Hi, currently I'm using Sophos SafeGuard Management Central 7.00.0.97 (installed) on my server. How do I upgrade to the latest version 8.10? 
 Please help to provide the steps. 
 Thanks.

MichaelMcLannahan · Answer

Hi - Once you've upgraded the server and then the Management console (in that order) you'll need to launch the "new" management console. 
 
 Go to Tools - Configuration Package Tool.....

This launches the tool. All the servers should be listed here. This should be the same as it was with the old install. I have three SSG servers here, but you may have one or two? You shouldn't need to change anything here.

Choose the Server packages tab - Click each (or only) server and then select somewhere to save the package (C:\SSG\Tools?) Click Create Configuration Package. This package/MSI needs to be created for each server and installed/run on each.

Click Managed client packages - Here you can create the new configuration to be applied to each client. Select each server (and secondary if applicable). It's advised NOT to install a policy here - at least not an encrypt policy as a workstation can potentially encrypt without speaking to the server first. You can then set a path as before and create the package. 
 
 You then install this package on the clients. It will contain the server (s) details as well as certificates so the client knows which server to talk to and how. 
 
 Hope this clarifies a little? 
 
 Cheers

Haridoss Sreenivasan · Answer

Hi cyberpunkz 
 Please refer to the following articles: 
 1. Upgrade SafeGuard Enterprise Server 
 2. System Requirements for SafeGuard Enterprise 8.10 
 Please let me know if this helps resolve your query.