Sophos Control Center 4.0 upgrade guide
SMALL BUSINESS EDITION
Sophos Control Center 4.0
upgrade guide
Product version: 4.0
Document date: September 2009
Contents
1 About this guide........................................................................................................................................3
2 What's new in Sophos Control Center 4.0...............................................................................................4
3 System requirements.................................................................................................................................5
4 Preparing to upgrade................................................................................................................................6
5 Upgrading Sophos Control Center..........................................................................................................8
6 Checking computers are protected..........................................................................................................9
7 Setting up the firewall.............................................................................................................................10
8 Setting up application control................................................................................................................11
9 Setting up device control........................................................................................................................13
10 Technical Support.................................................................................................................................16
11 Copyright..............................................................................................................................................17
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Sophos Control Center 4.0 upgrade guide
1 About this guide
This Sophos Control Center 4.0 upgrade guide describes how to:
Upgrade from Sophos Control Center versions 2.0 and 2.5 to Sophos Control Center version
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4.0.
Upgrade from Sophos Anti-Virus and Sophos Client Firewall (if your license includes firewall)
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to Sophos Endpoint Security and Control.
If you use a previous version of Sophos PureMessage and your license includes an upgrade to
the latest version of Sophos PureMessage, for instructions on how to upgrade, see Sophos
PureMessage upgrade guide.
Set up the new security features.
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You can find details of all other configuration options of Sophos Control Center, which are not
covered in this guide, in the Sophos Control Center Help.
Sophos documentation is published at http://www.sophos.com/support/docs/.
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2 What's new in Sophos Control Center 4.0
The new version of Sophos Control Center has the following salient features:
Support for latest endpoint security software
The new version of Sophos Control Center lets you use Sophos Endpoint Security and Control
for endpoint computers which provides latest version of anti-virus and firewall software for
Windows 2000 and later.
Dashboard
Sophos Control Center interface now provides a dashboard that lets you get an at-a-glance view
of the network's security status. You can configure the threshold values for the dashboard to warn
and send alert messages when a threshold value is reached. For information on how to configure
dashboard, see Sophos Control Center Help.
Application control
Sophos Control Center lets you detect and block applications that you decide are unsuitable for
use in your office environment. For more information on application control, see Setting up
application control (page 11).
Device control
Device control lets you prevent users from using unauthorized external hardware devices, removable
storage media, and wireless connection technologies on their computers. For more information
on device control, see Setting up device control (page 13).
Launching Sophos PureMessage and Sophos for Microsoft SharePoint
If Sophos PureMessage or Sophos for Microsoft SharePoint console is installed on the same
computer as Sophos Control Center, you can launch them from Sophos Control Center console.
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3 System requirements
For system requirements, see the system requirements page of the Sophos website
http://www.sophos.com/products/all-sysreqs.html.
In addition, you must have internet access to download the software from the Sophos website.
Sophos Control Center and server components have the following other requirements:
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You must have access to and from the other computers on the network.
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It is recommended that a server operating system is used (such as, Windows 2000 Server with
Service Pack 4 or later, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Small Business Server 2003).
Otherwise the performance of Sophos Control Center is impacted.
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4 Preparing to upgrade
Note:
It is recommended that you back up your existing version of Sophos Control Center prior to
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upgrading it.
After completing the Sophos Control Center Installation Wizard, you will need to either log
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off from the computer where you upgraded Sophos Control Center and then log on again, or
restart the computer.
If you choose to install Sophos Client Firewall (if it is included in your license), you must restart
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each computer where you have installed firewall software to activate it.
The firewall alerts generated in the previous version of Sophos Control Center will not be
available after you upgrade to Sophos Control Center 4.0. Sophos recommends that you resolve
all the firewall alerts before upgrading.
4.1 Prerequisites
Before you upgrade Sophos Control Center, and subsequently upgrade the software on your
networked computers managed by it, you must meet the following prerequisites:
You have met all the hardware and software requirements listed in System requirements (page
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You are an administrator on the computer where you are upgrading Sophos Control Center.
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Preparing endpoint computers that have Windows operating system
For endpoint computers with Windows operating system, you must do the following:
Disable Simple File Sharing on all Windows XP computers.
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To find out how to do this, see http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/12837.html.
Remove any other vendor’s firewall software, except Windows Firewall, from all Windows
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2000 and later computers on which you want to install firewall.
Preparing endpoint computers on which you DO NOT want to install Sophos Firewall
If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 workstations on which you do not want to install Sophos
Firewall and these computers have Windows Firewall turned on, you must do the following:
Enable File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.
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To find out how to do this, see http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/11738.html.
Make sure TCP ports 8192 , 8193 and 8194 are open.
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Add the following program exception: C:\Program Files\Sophos\Remote Management
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System\RouterNT.exe
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