Upgrading the application installed in an infrastructure managed by a VMware vCenter server and VMware NSX Manager

Before beginning an upgrade of the application, you are advised to make sure that the VMware virtual infrastructure meets the Kaspersky Security software requirements. If the VMware clusters protected by Kaspersky Security include VMware ESXi 5.5 hypervisors, prior to beginning the application upgrade the following actions must be performed:

1. For all VMware clusters that include one or more VMware ESXi 5.5 hypervisors, remove the deployed Kaspersky Security services. Removal is performed in the VMware vSphere Web Client console (in the Networking & Security → Installation and Upgrade section on the Service Deployments tab).
2. Upgrade all VMware ESXi 5.5 hypervisors for compliance with the Kaspersky Security software requirements or remove all VMware ESXi 5.5 hypervisors from the VMware clusters that you want to protect using Kaspersky Security.

An upgrade consists of the following steps:

1. Updating Kaspersky Security Center For proper functioning of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.0 Agentless, you must upgrade Kaspersky Security Center to one of the supported versions:

   If you want to use Kaspersky Security in a multitenanсy mode, you need to upgrade Kaspersky Security Center to version 11, 12 or 13.1.

   For Kaspersky Security Center update instructions, see the Kaspersky Security Center documentation.

2. Installing the new version of the Kaspersky Security administration plug-in, Integration Server, and Integration Server Console.

   If you want to use the application in multitenancy mode, you need to also install Kaspersky Security administration plug-in for tenants.

3. Updating SVMs with Kaspersky Security components in the virtual infrastructure.

   If you want to use the application in multitenancy mode, you need to configure the settings for connecting the Integration Server to the VMware vCloud Director Server before updating SVMs.

   When an SVM with the File Threat Protection component is updated, the copies of files that were placed in Backup are automatically deleted.

4. Converting policies and tasks from the previous version of the application. If you are upgrading Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 4.0 Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 1 Agentless or older, you need to use the Master for conversion.

   If you are upgrading Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 5.0 Agentless, policies and tasks are automatically converted to policies and tasks of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.0 Agentless after policy protection settings and task scan settings are edited and saved for the first time.

After an upgrade is complete, you are advised to make sure that the application is prepared for operation on new SVMs.

If you want to use the application in multitenancy mode, you need to configure protection of tenant organizations after the application is installed.

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