Carbon Black Cloud: How to perform a Windows OS upgrade with sensor in bypass
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Carbon Black Cloud WorkloadCarbon Black Cloud Audit and Remediation (formerly Cb Live Ops)Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (formerly Cb Defense)Carbon Black Cloud Enterprise EDR (formerly Cb Threathunter)
Issue/Introduction
How to place a sensor in bypass mode to perform a in place OS upgrade
Environment
Carbon Black Cloud Windows Sensor
Microsoft Windows: All Supported Versions
Resolution
The recommendation while upgrading Window 7 to Windows 10 is to put the sensor in bypass mode. To enable sensor in bypass mode:
Launch an elevated command prompt (cmd.exe > right-click > Run as administrator)
Run the following command to put the sensor into bypass
"C:\Program Files\Confer\Uninstall.exe" /bypass 1
Perform the OS upgrade. When the OS upgrade is complete, you will want to move the sensor out of bypass
Launch an elevated command prompt (cmd.exe > right-click > Run as administrator)
Run the following command to put the sensor out of bypass