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Upgrade from Console 2.0 and EM 1.3 to V4?

TechSupp

Just found out that our AV was not updating due to it being out of date so just a few questions on an upgrade:

Can I just install V4 as an upgrade (i.e. not uninstalling the existing version) to the versions we have mentioned in the title?

How much extra disk space will the new version take as our drive that it is installed on has only 1.2Gb of free space (we only need to protect XP versions and the server 2003 itself)

If we do not have enough disk space on the current drive can I install it to another disk on the same server but still migrate settings etc and allow the same clients to connect to it without any further intervention?

Would I be better just uninstalling Sophos altogether due to space requirements and install brand new on the drive with more space (we do not have complex policies just if virus found delete etc). Would this require me to do anything with the client PC's or will they just be picked up by the new install and updated accordingly?

Sorry if these seem to be silly or simple questions but looked searched the site for answers and can't seem to see the wood for the trees! Information overload!

Thanks

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    Hello TechSupp,

    you can't "jump" from SEC2.0 (you really have 2.0?) to SEC4.0. With SEC4.5 out soon you'd have to go through three upgrade-installs (2.0->3.1->4.0->4.5). And while you can put parts of the installation on a different disk it'd require some tinkering. Anyway I wouldn't try to upgrade with 1.2GB free (especially since you're probably not an "expert").

    How many clients do you manage? If you can't get a new server and want to install the current version on the existing server it will probably take some time and depending on the SAV version you're using you might have to re-protect your clients afterwards.

    I understand that you don't need to keep the policies as they are simple and can easily be recreated. What about the computer groups in SEC? If you have only a few and "re-assigning" your clients to these groups would be easy you could just start with an empty 4.x database (i.e. uninstall you old SEC and install the latest version). The question is if you want to keep EM (given it is 1.3 this should be possible) - on the one hand it requires some (extra) space on the other you probably want your clients to be up to date during the "transition".

    We should probably discuss this further. Meanwhile, to alleviate the information overload, please see for important things to keep.

    Christian

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    Hello TechSupp,

    you can't "jump" from SEC2.0 (you really have 2.0?) to SEC4.0. With SEC4.5 out soon you'd have to go through three upgrade-installs (2.0->3.1->4.0->4.5). And while you can put parts of the installation on a different disk it'd require some tinkering. Anyway I wouldn't try to upgrade with 1.2GB free (especially since you're probably not an "expert").

    How many clients do you manage? If you can't get a new server and want to install the current version on the existing server it will probably take some time and depending on the SAV version you're using you might have to re-protect your clients afterwards.

    I understand that you don't need to keep the policies as they are simple and can easily be recreated. What about the computer groups in SEC? If you have only a few and "re-assigning" your clients to these groups would be easy you could just start with an empty 4.x database (i.e. uninstall you old SEC and install the latest version). The question is if you want to keep EM (given it is 1.3 this should be possible) - on the one hand it requires some (extra) space on the other you probably want your clients to be up to date during the "transition".

    We should probably discuss this further. Meanwhile, to alleviate the information overload, please see for important things to keep.

    Christian

    :3465
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