Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 (Control Center)

EPS 7.4 Migration

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Seqrite recommends customers on Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 to migrate to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.
These guidelines will help the current Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 customers perform migration from Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.

Pre-requisites:
Download these binaries from the following locations:

  • migrationexport.zip – This is an export tool which is used to export Groups, Clients, and Policy data from Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 server.
  • acsvpack.exe – This is a client migration tool which is used to migrate local and roaming clients from Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3.

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

  • The default client on the Seqrite Endpoint Protection server will not be migrated to Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3. To migrate Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 default client, first uninstall the Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 server and then install Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 client manually.
  • Seqrite Endpoint Protection Migration 7.4 does not support the clients with Linux and Mac operating systems. To migrate Linux and Mac client, first uninstall the Seqrite Endpoint Protection 7.4 Linux/Mac endpoint and then install Seqrite Endpoint Protection 8.3 Linux/Mac client manually.
  • Seqrite Endpoint Protection Migration 7.4 does not support clients with Windows XP.
  • Update Agent upgrade is not supported.
  • Migration of Patch Management settings is not supported.
  • Migration of Seqrite Endpoint Protection Users and Reports are not supported.
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