upgrade_export and upgrade_import

'upgrade_export' tool backs up all Check Point configurations, independent of hardware, OS or Check Point version, but does not include OS information. You can use this utility to backup Check Point configuration on the management station. If you change the Check Point version you can only go up, in other words you can upgrade not downgrade. The file will be much smaller (depending on the size of your policy), and if the system is not running on a highly loaded CPU, you can do a backup on a live system without interruption of the services. This utility can be used only on command line and cannot be scheduled. Note- When migrating between 2 different major versions, you should use Migration Tool of the higher version - i.e., when upgrading from R71 to R75, "R75 Management Server migration tools" should be used on R71.

On SecurePlatform and Linux

To export:

# cd $FWDIR/bin/upgrade_tools # ./upgrade_export filename

To import:

# cd $FWDIR/bin/upgrade_tools # ./upgrade_import filename

Note- upgrade_import will stop Check Point services.