Before you upgrade your Security Intelligence appliance, make some preparations first.

Use the following list before proceeding with the upgrade.
  1. Check for any known upgrade problems and workarounds that are documented in the Security Intelligence Release Notes.
  2. Ensure that the NSX Manager Unified Appliance cluster has a valid NSX Enterprise Plus license that allows the upgrade of the Security Intelligence appliance. Specifically, check that the license has not expired.

    If you do not have the appropriate Enterprise Plus license, you might encounter an error while attempting to upgrade your current Security Intelligence appliance version. For example, if you are attempting to upgrade an Security Intelligence 1.1.0 or 1.1.1 appliance that was installed using NSX 3.0 or later, and NSX has a default vShiedlEndpoint license only, you encounter the following error.

    Stop NSX Intelligence data collection error: Your current license is insufficient for using the upgrade feature. Verify your current license before trying to upgrade your NSX Intelligence appliance again.

  3. Verify that the current Security Intelligence appliance is in a healthy state.

    See Verify the Current State of Security Intelligence.

  4. Download the latest Security Intelligence upgrade bundle.

    See Download the Security Intelligence Upgrade Bundle.