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v20100
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July 2, 2018
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Upgrade from 5.4.8 to 5.6.5

  • July 2, 2018
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Hi

Performed some minor upgrades within the 5.4 range but first time for a major one.

I read the release notes and Fortinet Security Fabric upgrade guide but still have some questions:

1) Step 3 Upgrade all end points to Forticlients 5.6.0 or later: Is it compulsory. We only use Forticlient for SSL VPN client with no Forticlient enforcement or telemetry?

 

2) Step 10: in FortiOS 5.6.5, enable Forticlient enforcement: Is it compulsory? if it is, I am guessing it is compulsory to update the client first as per step 3?!

 

At some stage, I read that upgrading from 5.4.5 to 5.6.0 breaks all your IPSEC VPN PSK. Is it still the case from 5.4.8 to 5.6.5?

 

Any other areas I need to be aware of?

 

Thanks in advance

 

    3 replies

    bommi
    New Member
    July 2, 2018

    Hi,

     

    if you just use Forticlient for VPN you dont need the Steps 3 and 10 of the security fabric upgrade guide.

     

    I never got hit by the ipsec psk problem in several upgrades from 5.4.x to 5.6.x.

    But I did the upgrade to fortios >= 5.6.3 with had several workarounds for this issue.

     

    Best Regards

    Dominik

    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    July 2, 2018

    The PSK issue has been fixed by 5.6.4. If you have a zone including both parent interface and vlan subinterface, the members would be removed after the upgrade. It will be fixed with 5.6.6. I posted this issue with another thread.

    https://forum.fortinet.com/tm.aspx?m=163237

     

    v20100
    v20100Author
    New Member
    July 3, 2018

    Thank you both!

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