Update the Database Firewalls

After you upgrade all Audit Vault Servers, update the Database Firewalls. This is estimated to take about 45 minutes.

When you update Database Firewalls that are configured for high availability (a resilient pair), update both primary and standby Database Firewalls. Update the standby Database Firewall instance first. Restart the standby instance after the update. Swap the roles of the primary and standby Database Firewall instances in the high availability environment so that the existing standby instance becomes the primary instance. Update the standby (previous primary) Database Firewall instance.

For standalone Database Firewall instances, update all of them independently.

Note:

• After updating to DBSecCentral the status of some of the Database Firewall monitoring points may be Down.

  The Database Firewall policies that were created before the update are being migrated to the new format. This may take a few minutes. Navigate to the Jobs dialog box in the Oracle Database Security Central console and check the status of the Firewall post-upgrade actions job. If the background job fails, then deploy the Database Firewall policy by using the Oracle Database Security Central console only. Verify that the status of the Database Firewall monitoring points has changed to Up. Otherwise, start the monitoring point.

• You can’t perform the following operations until the Database Firewalls are updated:

  • Database Firewall policy deployment

  • New configurations or configuration changes

• In this section, the word appliance refers to the Database Firewall.

Related Topics

• Estimated Time to Upgrade