UTM 9 Released

Hi everyone.

What a fun beta, so much feedback and we've come a long way from that first release haven't we? UTM 9 is now considered "GA", and we will move on to getting some up2dates out the door and begin work on 9.1. Stay tuned for some news on that.

Just wanted to say thanks very much. I really appreciate all the feedback and we definitely have a better product due to your participation. We'll wrap things up here in the coming days with some announcements and some close-out stuff before archiving these forums.

Take a bow, you've earned it.

0 BarryG over 12 years ago

Hi,
What version backup files will v9 accept?

I'm planning to upgrade my home system from 7.5 to v9.
I will start by installing 8.102 and importing the v7 backup.
Can I then go to v9, or do I need to up2date to 8.305 first?

I also plan to do something similar at work.

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Barry
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0 BrucekConvergent over 12 years ago in reply to BarryG

I don't know if it's supported or not. I will be likely recommending that my customers upgrade to V8 first, then V9, to preserve the integrity of the configuration... I don't know if Sophos has tested direct import of 7.5xx backups into 9.*** .

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0 BarryG over 12 years ago

Hi Bruce,
I'm actually asking if I can go
7.5 -> 8.1 -> 9

or do I need to do
7.5 -> 8.1 -> 8.3 -> 9

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Barry
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0 BrucekConvergent over 12 years ago in reply to BarryG

I'm not sure... maybe someone with Sophos will have an idea -- I can certainly start a case for you if you'd like. I've only 3 or 4 customers left on V7 (all our managed customers have long ago been moved to the 8.x platform), and all of them (well, except maybe you [:)] ) are updating from 7.510/7.511 to 8.102 -> 8.103 -> 8.305. Yeah, we skip 8.2xx altogether. I've thoroughly tested that update path and it's worked well. Not saying it won't work any other way, it's just the way that worked out best in my testing.

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0 BarryG over 12 years ago

OK, I'm going to do the home system today, so I'll use up2date from 8.1 to 8.3 and backup again before installing v9.

I would still like to know for future reference as I may upgrade the v7 work system to v9, and would like to minimize downtime during the upgrade. Even if use a spare system to 'upgrade' the backup file, I'd like to know as the spare system wouldn't have internet access for up2date unless I change the network addresses.

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0 BrucekConvergent over 12 years ago in reply to BarryG

I'll start a case and find out.

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0 eganders_01 over 12 years ago in reply to BarryG

Hi Bruce,
I'm actually asking if I can go
7.5 -> 8.1 -> 9

or do I need to do
7.5 -> 8.1 -> 8.3 -> 9

Thanks,
Barry

Yes. Important info for some users.
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0 William Warren over 12 years ago

you can do the first but i highly advise the second.

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0 wingman over 12 years ago in reply to AngeloC

Just for all the testers, we do plan to fix the 2 allocations into 10 (which is desired) along with some other awards I'll announce probably tomorrow.

Hi Angelo

Any updates on this one?

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0 PaulHolt over 12 years ago in reply to wingman

Wingman,

I checked my UTM license in MyAstaro and they have added 10 endpoint licenses. I just downloaded the new license and applied it... I now have 12 endpoint licenses.

Paul
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