Upgrading Kaspersky Security Center Linux from version 16 or later through backup

To upgrade Administration Server from version 16 or later to the latest version, you can create a backup of the Administration Server data and restore this data after installing Kaspersky Security Center Linux of a new version. If problems occur during installation, you can restore the previous version of Administration Server by using the backup of the Administration Server data created before the upgrade.

To upgrade Kaspersky Security Center Linux from version 16 or later to the latest version through backup:

1. Before the upgrade, back up the Administration Server data with an older version of the application.
2. Uninstall the older version of Kaspersky Security Center Linux.
3. Install Kaspersky Security Center Linux version 16.1 on the former Administration Server device.
4. Restore the Administration Server data from the backup created before the upgrade.
5. Install Kaspersky Security Center Web Console.

   If Kaspersky Security Center Web Console was installed earlier, reinstall it with the same response file.

   Log in to Kaspersky Security Center Web Console under the administrator's internal user account.

   The data initialization process usually takes up to 15 minutes after restoring Administration Server data, but the time depends on the hardware performance and the size of the Administration Server data. During this time, Kaspersky Security Center Web Console may fail to connect and display errors.

6. For devices on which the earlier version of Network Agent was installed, create and run the task for remote installation of the new Network Agent version.

   We recommend that you upgrade the Network Agent for Linux to the same version as Kaspersky Security Center Linux.

   After completion of the remote installation task, the Network Agent version is upgraded.

   Run the following commands on Linux-based assets to remove dependencies that are no longer needed:

   • For Debian-based assets, run either of the following commands:

     sudo apt-get -y autoremove

     sudo apt -y autoremove

   • For RPM-based assets, run either of the following commands:

     sudo dnf autoremove

     sudo yum autoremove

See also: Upgrading Kaspersky Security Center Linux from version 16 or later by using the installation file

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