Upgrading Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform

Before installing the application upgrade package, it is recommended to first create a backup of the current state of each Central Node server to be updated and download it to the hard drive from the application administrator menu. If installing an application upgrade package fails, or if you need to reinstall Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform, you can use the backup copy of the application.
We also also recommend learning about the limitations of the version to which you are upgrading.

You cannot migrate from the non-high-availability version of the application to the high availability version by upgrading it — if you are using the non-high-availability version of the application, you can only install the non-high-availability version during the upgrade, and vice versa.

Upgrading the application involves the following steps:

1. Upgrading the Sandbox component.

   The application does not have a procedure for upgrading the component. You must install version 7.0.3 of the component.

   After installing the component, you need to set the maximum number of simultaneously running virtual machines. The default value is 48.

   When installing the component on a VMware ESXi virtual machine, you must set up a configuration described in Calculations for the Sandbox component section.

2. Upgrading the Central Node component.

   You can upgrade the component in one of the following ways:

   • From version 6.1 to version 7.0.3.

     In this case, follow one of the following instructions: Upgrading Central Node installed on a server or Upgrading Central Node installed as a cluster.

     Versions earlier than 6.1 cannot be upgraded to version 7.0.3. If you are using an older version of the application, you must upgrade Central Node to version 6.1 in the following order: 3.7 → 3.7.1, 3.7.1 → 3.7.2, 3.7.2 → 4.0, 4.0 → 4.1, 4.1 → 5.0, 5.0 → 5.1, 5.1 → 6.0, 6.0 → 6.0.2, 6.0.2 → 6.1.

   • If you are using Central Node version 7.0, you need to upgrade it to version 7.0.1 and then to version 7.0.3.
   • If you are using version 7.0.1 of the component, you need to upgrade it to version 7.0.3.

   The hardware requirements for 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.3 Central Node servers are different from the hardware requirements of version 6.1. We strongly recommend making sure that your server configuration satisfies the requirements listed in the Calculations for the Central Node component section.

3. Upgrading the Sensor component installed on a standalone server.

   The application does not have a procedure for upgrading the component. You must install version 7.0.3 of the component.

   Please note that network traffic dump files saved to external storage by version 7.0.1 of the Sensor component remain in the external storage after you install the Sensor component version 7.0.3, but you cannot view or download them in the application web interface.

4. Upgrading the Endpoint Agent component:
   • Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Windows.

     If you use the solution together with Kaspersky Security for Windows Server, you can migrate from Kaspersky Security for Windows Server to Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows version 12.1 or later that contains the built-in agent. For more information about migration, see the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows Help.

   • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows.
   • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux.
   • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac.

Special considerations for updating Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform from version 6.1 to version 7.0.3

1. After upgrading Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform to version 7.0.3, you must add license keys again.
2. A short interruption in the operation of the application is considered acceptable, including for the high availability version of the application.
3. If the Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway solution is used in the role of the Sensor component, the settings for integration with it are saved.
4. Sandbox component data is not saved. We recommend deleting custom operating system images before updating Sandbox and uploading them after the update.
5. Central Node 7.0.3 is not compatible with Sensor and Sandbox components of earlier versions.