Re: [FW1] Upgrade from 3.0b -> 4.0 on solaris

[Lance Spitzner <lance@stan.ksni.net>]

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Matt Wilbur wrote:

> I'm still running fw-1 3.0b with sp8, have the 4.0 software, and am
> holding off installing it until I can get some feedback on how painful
> a move this is.  The firewalls I need to upgrade are running solaris
> x86 2.5.1, have loads of disk and memory, and are performing fine (T1
> speeds and below).. I just would like to use some features that 4.0
> has.  

Its fairly straight forward.  I've done this on both x86 and Sparc,
on both 2.5.1 and 2.6.  The nice thing is 4.0 is pkgadd format,
making the process straight forward and stable.  Some hints.

1.  As always, do a backup.  If nothing else, backup /etc/fw/conf.
2.  Anything that is not distribution will be lost if stored in 
    the /etc/fw directory.  For example, I archived logs daily
    to /etc/fw/log/archives.  When I did the upgrade I lost these
    logs because the software does not expect it there.  Move any
    goodies you added/created/modified/archived before the upgrade.
3.  Remember, software is now stored in /var/opt and /opt, /etc/fw
    is only a sym link to these directories.  Many people,
    including myself, partition /var, so watch out, you can fill
    it by mistake. I highly recommend you make /var/opt/CKPfw/log
    its own partition or harddrive, as this is where all FW-1
    logging will now go.


Those are the only majore gotchas I remember.  All in all, a rather
painless experience.  Good luck!

Lance Spitzner
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/papers.html



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