Upgrading from GFI MailSecurity 8 to GFI MailSecurity 10

Due to fundamental architectural changes between GFI MailSecurity 10 and GFI MailSecurity 8, it is not possible to install GFI MailSecurity 10 on top of an existing installation of GFI MailSecurity 8.

This section therefore shows you how to:

•	Replace your current GFI MailSecurity 8 installation with GFI MailSecurity 10.

•	Convert and import the GFI MailSecurity 8 configuration settings to GFI MailSecurity 10’s new configuration database format.

NOTE: If GFI MailSecurity 8 was installed in SMTP mode and GFI MailSecurity 10 is installed in Active Directory mode, you will not be able to convert and import the settings due to user-based rules. This also applies if GFI MailSecurity 8 was installed in Active Directory mode and GFI MailSecurity 10 is installed in SMTP mode.

To upgrade from GFI MailSecurity 8 to GFI MailSecurity 10, follow these steps:

1. Uninstall GFI MailSecurity 8.

2. When the GFI MailSecurity 8 uninstallation completes, certain files are left behind under the root folder where GFI MailSecurity 8 was installed. One of these files is the avapicfg.rdb file located in the Data sub-folder.

NOTE: Do not delete this file since it contains the GFI MailSecurity 8 configuration settings. You will need this file to migrate the settings from GFI MailSecurity 8 to GFI MailSecurity 10.

3. Install GFI MailSecurity 10 as shown in the ‘Install GFI MailSecurity’ section of this chapter.

NOTE: To install GFI MailSecurity 10, you need to have the following installed on the machine:

•	Microsoft .Net framework 1.1 / 2.0

•	MSMQ – Microsoft Messaging Queuing Service.

•	Internet Information Services (IIS) – SMTP service and World Wide Web service.

NOTE: Do not install GFI MailSecurity 10 to the same path where GFI MailSecurity 8 was installed, to prevent files such as avapicfg.rdb from being overwritten.

4. After the installation of GFI MailSecurity 10 is complete, you need to stop all GFI-related services along with the IIS Admin service, from the Services control applet. Then you can run the GFI MailSecurity 8 settings migration tool.

NOTE: You must stop the following services before going on to the next step:

•	GFI Content Security Attendant Service

•	GFI Content Security Auto-Updater Service

•	GFI MailSecurity Attendant Service

•	GFI MailSecurity Scan Engine

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IIS Admin

•	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

5. To convert and import the GFI MailSecurity 8 settings to the GFI MailSecurity 10 configuration database, you need to run the msec8upg.exe tool found in the GFI MailSecurity 10 folder, for example:

c:\program files\GFI\ContentSecurity\MailSecurity.

Screenshot 29 - GFI MailSecurity 8 configuration settings migration tool

6. Double-click the msec8upg.exe file.

7. When the tool loads, click Browse. Select the avapicfg.rdb file from the data sub-folder under the GFI MailSecurity 8 root folder.

8. Click Migrate.

NOTE: If you click Migrate and the user lookup mode of GFI MailSecurity 8 and GFI MailSecurity 10 do not match (for example GFI MailSecurity 8 was installed in SMTP mode and GFI MailSecurity 10 is installed in Active Directory mode or vice versa), an error like the one shown below will be displayed. In such a case, you will not be able to convert and import the settings due to user-based rules.

Screenshot 30 - User lookup mode mismatch.

9. When the migration process completes, a Configuration was successfully converted information dialog box will be displayed. Click OK to close the information dialog box and click the close button to close the migration tool.

10. You now need to start all the services that you stopped in step 4 above, from the Services control applet.

11. Use the GFI MailSecurity 10 configuration to check that the GFI MailSecurity 8 settings were migrated correctly.