Updating Kaspersky Security from the previous version

You can upgrade Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 5.2 Light Agent (including the 5.2.1 update) to Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.0 Light Agent.

Upgrading of earlier Kaspersky Security versions to version 6.0 is not provided.

Before you begin the upgrade, you need to prepare the files required to install the solution and complete the steps necessary to prepare the virtual infrastructure for installation of the solution.

Updating Kaspersky Security to Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.0 Light Agent consists of the following steps:

1. Updating the Integration Server and Integration Server Console.
2. Updating the management MMC plug-in or web plug-in for the Protection Server.
3. Updating the Protection Server.
4. Converting policies and tasks that were configured in Kaspersky Security Center for a previous version of the Protection Server.
5. Preparing the Protection Servers for operation.
6. Removing components that are not part of the update:
   • To update Kaspersky Security to version 6.0, you need to uninstall the previous version of Light Agent for Linux from the virtual machines. For more information, see the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 5.2 Light Agent Help.

     If Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux was installed on the virtual machine, it must also be uninstalled.

   • If a previous version of Light Agent for Windows was installed in your virtual infrastructure and you no longer need to protect virtual machines running Windows guest operating systems, you can uninstall Light Agent for Windows from the virtual machines. For more information, see the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 5.2 Light Agent Help.

     If you want to continue to protect virtual machines running Windows guest operating systems, you need to use the Light Agent for Windows component included in Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 5.2 Light Agent.

7. Installing the new version of Network Agent and Light Agent for Linux on virtual machines running Linux guest operating systems.

   For a description of how to install Network Agent for Linux, see the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux Help.

   As part of the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.0 Light Agent solution, Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.0 for Linux is used as the Light Agent for Linux. You need to install the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux application and configure it to be used in Light Agent mode.

8. Installing the MMC plug-in or web plug-in for managing Light Agent for Linux (Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux running in Light Agent mode). Depending on the console you are using to manage Kaspersky Security Center, you will need to install:
   • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux MMC administration plug-in.
   • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux web administration plug-in.
9. Preparing Light Agents for Linux for operation.

Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 6.0 Light Agent is not compatible with VMware NSX-V Manager. VMware NSX-V Manager connection settings configured in a previous version of Kaspersky Security are not applied after updating to version 6.0.