Upgrading SPE 9.0 to 9.2.1 or later

Products

• Protection Engine for Cloud Services

Issue/Introduction

To satisfy business requirements, upgrading to the latest build is needed for a given environment,

Resolution

For upgrades involving SPE version 9.0 to 9.2.1 or later, see the steps below: 

1. Check System requirements - 

2. Remove old Oracle Java versions

3. Install Oracle Java, Open Java or Open JDK version 17 or later (NOTE SPE 9.1.0 uses Java to serve the REST API which the console then uses to manage each SPE scanner remotely)

4. Change environment variables to point to new java path.  

5. Backup *.xml files from the installation folder (By default, /opt/symcscan/bin/*.xml on Linux or C:\Program Files\Symantec\Scan Engine\*.xml on Windows)

6. Upgrade from SPE 9.0 to SPE 9.2.1 or later.

7. Install SPE console on a Windows server and add SEP scanners to the console in SPE server groups.

For upgrades involving SPE earlier than 8.2 to SPE 9 see the Additional Information section below.

Additional Information

Q: Which builds of SPE are no longer supported?

A: Symantec Protection Engine End of Service (EOS) dates by versions