A more robust method would be to copy the hard drive from old to new
machine, and perform the upgrade on the new machine, leaving the old well
alone until you're happy with the results.
As part of the upgrade, old files are merged with new files, and old data is
ALWAYS kept over new.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 02 April 2001 12:46
Subject: [FW1] FW: Merge Object.C
>
> I am trying to upgrade FW-1 on a new server. After installing the software
> FW-1 4.0 SP4, which is the current version on the production server. I
would
> like to merge the current objects.c to the one on the new server and copy
> over the rulebase.fws. I tried the merge object.c on phoneboy's site, but
> when I issue the command fwconfmerge is doesn't work. I copied the moved
the
> installed objects.c to another directory and copied the current server's
> objects.c file to the new server. I copied the rulebase.fws and was able
to
> bring up the security policy, but when I attempted to load the policy, it
> said invalid data, failed to create.......pf: Access is denied. I modified
> the network objects in relation to the interface cards on the new server.
Is
> there another option in copying or moving the data from the current
server?
>
> Thanks for any assistance,
>
> Crystal Al-Shatti
> Network Security
> Gulf Investment Corp, Kuwait
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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