Keeping your product current

Keep your product current describes the tasks that you can perform to keep your appliance current. You can perform these tasks as needed in any order.
Keep your product current
Task
Description
Install your license to get updated definitions.
You obtain a license file from Symantec when you purchase Symantec Messaging Gateway or renew an existing license. You must register the license for each Scanner that you install and enable to use Symantec Messaging Gateway features. You can use the same license file to register multiple Scanners.
In addition to this license, you can also obtain a separate license to enable Symantec Content Encryption. Content encryption lets you encrypt outbound messages for greater security and to track statistics for those messages through the Control Center.
View the status of your licenses to determine which features are licensed for each Scanner and when a license expires.
The
Licenses
page in the Control Center contains all of the Symantec Messaging Gateway features that require licenses. The page also list whether the feature is licensed and when the license expires.
Learn about Symantec Messaging Gateway software updates.
Symantec periodically releases new versions of the Symantec Messaging Gateway software. New versions contain new features and fixes for software defects. Symantec recommends that you keep your appliance up to date with the latest version of the software. However, some software updates may contain changes to the underlying architecture of Symantec Messaging Gateway.
Perform Symantec Messaging Gateway software updates.
You can update your software from the Control Center or at the command line.
Check your software version number.
You may want to perform this task before you contact Technical Support.