Upgrading V-Series Appliances
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Upgrading V-Series Appliances
● 2 Windows R2 2008 servers: 1 for the TRITON console, 1 for Web and Email Log
Server
Approximately 3 to 4 hours
The download speed for each patch that you’re going to apply depends on your
network environment and can vary significantly.
Activity breakout:
● 1 hour to download the version 7.7.x appliance upgrade (patch) file (if the
download speed is 512 kilobytes per second). This is the estimated time per patch.
Depending on the upgrade path you take, your upgrade may involve more than
one patch.
● 10 minutes to back up the V-Series appliance
● 70 to 90 minutes for the patch to perform the upgrade
● 10 minutes to restart the V-Series and verify that the upgrade was successful
● 20 minutes to download the version 7.7.x TRITON Unified Installer
● 40 to 60 minutes to run the installer to upgrade the TRITON management server
and the Log Server host
● 5 minutes to restart the Windows servers and verify that the upgrade was
successful
Service disruption during upgrade
Appliance services are disrupted while the upgrade is applied and until the appliance
completes restarting. See
Estimates of time to complete upgrade
.
Preparing for the appliance upgrade
V-Series Appliance Upgrade Guide | Upgrades to v7.7.x
Before applying the 7.7.x patch, perform these tasks and be aware of the
following issues.
If you are not already familiar with the preparation required for upgrade of
off-appliance components, review those requirements before upgrading your
appliances.
● For Web Security solutions, see
Before upgrading Web Security to v7.7
● For Email Security Gateway (Anywhere), see
.
Note
Service is not disrupted while the off-box components are
upgraded.
