Upgrade question from R61 to R65

[bill90039]

Running SecurePlatform (SPLAT) here.

I am going to be upgrading the SmartCenter server first from R61 to R65. I will upgrade my existing VPN-1 gateway server cluster at a later time. (I'm upgrading the SmartCenter server so that I can manage a new set of gateways which will be running R65.)

The upgrade instructions (patch add cd) says it will create a snapshot before the upgrade. It says that the snapshot will stop services (using cpstop).

I need to confirm that the snapshot/cpstop activity will only affect the SmartCenter server itself, and that the active gateways will not be affected.

While the SmartCenter is being upgraded, will the gateways queue up their logging entries locally for subsequent updating into the SmartTracker (on the SmartCenter server) or will I lose gateway logging activity while the SmartCenter is being upgraded?

Hope these questions make sense.

Thanks,
Bill

[mcnallym]

It will only affect the SMARTCenter the live gateways aren't stopped.

The gateways will log locally until the SMARTCenter comes back.