Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 (Control Center)

EPS 7.6 Migration

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Seqrite recommends customers of Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 should migrate to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.
For the current Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 customers, Seqrite is providing a tool to migrate policies from Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.

This page will guide you through the step-by-step migration process to migrate Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 policies to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3. This page is active for only 60 days from the activation date of Migration feature.

System Requirements

  • Service Pack 5.0 applied on Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 Server and clients
  • Windows and Linux
    For System requirements for Seqrite Endpoint Protection clients, See System Requirements.

Important

  • If the OS requirements are not met, the policies data will not be migrated to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.

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Migrating Data

Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 Migration process means migrating the data of policies from the Seqrite Endpoint Protection server 7.6 to the Seqrite Endpoint Protection server 8.3.

Migrating policies

To migrate Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 data of policies to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3., follow these steps:

  1. Go to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3. console > Deployment > Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 Migration page.
  2. Click the Export Tool button. The tool is downloaded.
  3. Execute the Export Tool on the Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 server.
  4. After the Export Tool is executed, ‘Do you want to change export location? [y/n]’, question appears. To provide local system path to export data of the policies , type ‘y’ and type the path.
    To export the data to the default path, type ‘n’.
    The default export path is installation directorySeqriteSeqrite Endpoint Protection 7.60AdminExport.

  5. Go to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 console> Deployment > Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 Migration page.
  6. Click the Import Data button. The Import Data dialog appears. By default, all policies are imported.
  7. Click Browse to Import Export.zip file.
  8. Click Import. The data is imported successfully. The success message appears.

    9. Note

    Maximum no. of policies to be imported: 198


    For Policy Migration, please note

    • While importing the Firewall policy, ensure the following things.
      • In Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6, if multiple Remote IP addresses are added to the Firewall exception, then in the imported policy in Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 multiple exceptions will be created for each IP.
      • Domain name exceptions are ignored
    • If a duplicate name is found in Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.6 and Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 of the following components while importing, a timestamp will be appended to the imported name.
      • Policy
      • Device name
      • User Defined Dictionary

Limitations

  • Seqrite Endpoint Protection Migration 7.6 does not support the clients with Mac operating systems.
  • The Default client on the Seqrite Endpoint Protection server will not be migrated to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.
  • Update Agent upgrade is not supported.
  • Master Secondary setup not supported for Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.
  • Migration of Seqrite Endpoint Protection Users and reports are not supported.
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