> Source: [sk174845](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk174845)

# sk174845 - Upgrade of Management or Multi-Domain Server from R80.X to R81 fails

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk174845 |
| Date Created | 2021-08-02 |
| Last Modified | 2021-08-20 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Upgrade fails with the following error:Failed to export: java.io.IOException: Input is not in the .gz format

* In cpm.elg you can see the error is related to IPS:12/07/21 21:13:17,210 ERROR threat.upgrade_export.IpsDomainExportHandler \[taskExecutor-85\]: Could not open IPS file.

  java.io.IOException: Input is not in the .gz format

## Cause

A corrupted IPS package fails at export.

## Solution

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