> Source: [sk181028](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk181028)

# sk181028 - Security Group Member is down after an upgrade to R81.10

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk181028 |
| Date Created | 2023-05-23 |
| Last Modified | 2023-06-06 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Scalable Platforms |
| Versions | R81.10 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * A Security Group Member (SGM) in a Security Group is in the "DOWN" state after an upgrade to R81.10.

* When you reboot the applicable SGM, it goes to the "INIT" state and then to the "DOWN" state.

* This error appears during the boot stage:

  ```
  
  during_upgrade already exists in list. First remove.
  Updating of persistant storage failed
  Registered during_upgrade in failure detection mechanism.
  Registration no. 4
  ```

  <br />

* Below is the applicable pnote:

  ```
  
  Device Name: during_upgrade
  
  Registration number: 4
  
  Timeout: none
  
  Current state: problem
  
  Time since last report: 4766.2 sec
  ```

## Cause

The upgrade did not complete on the SGM in the "DOWN" state.

<br />

## Solution

This problem was fixed. The fix is included starting from:

* [Check Point R81.20](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk173903)

*** ** * ** ***

This **workaround** is available for a Multi-Version Cluster (MVC) upgrade.  

Run this command on the SGM in the DOWN state:  

`# sp_upgrade --cleanup `

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