Upgrading V-Series Appliances
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Upgrading V-Series Appliances
● 40 to 60 minutes to run the installer to upgrade on 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
finishes automatically restarting twice. See
Estimates of time to complete upgrade
Preparing for the appliance upgrade
V-Series Appliance Upgrade Guide | Upgrades to v7.8.1
Before applying the 7.8.1 patch, perform the following 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 v7.8
● For Email Security Gateway (Anywhere), see
.
Back up appliance configuration and settings
Note that at the start of the upgrade process, you are given the chance to run the
backup and save the backup file to a remote machine. But if you wish to perform a
full
appliance configuration
backup in advance:
1. Log on to Appliance Manager and go to the
Administration > Backup Utility
page.
2. Under Perform Backup, select
Full Appliance Configuration
as the backup type.
3. Click
Run Backup Now
.
4. When the backup file appears in the
Local Backup Files
list, click the backup file
name. When prompted, save the backup file in another location off the appliance.
To see all upgrade instructions go to
Upgrading V-Series appliances from v7.7.x to
Content Gateway logs
If the appliance hosts Web Security Gateway (Anywhere), during the upgrade,
depending on their size, older Content Gateway logs may be automatically removed
by the upgrade procedure to make room for the new version.
To ensure that all Content Gateway logs are retained, you can download the Content
Gateway logging directory.
1. In the Appliance Manager, go to
Administration >Logs
.
