Upgrading V-Series Appliances
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Upgrading V-Series Appliances
2. Take all precautions to ensure that power to the V-Series appliance is not
interrupted during the upgrade. Power failure can result in operating system and
software component corruption.
3. Back up appliance configuration and settings. See
.
4. Restart the appliance (in Appliance Manager:
Status
>
General
>
Restart
Appliance
). This ensures that the appliance is in a clean state for the upgrade.
5. If Policy Broker and Policy Database are installed on an off-appliance server,
make sure they’re upgraded to version 8.2.x and are running. You should
simultaneously upgrade all TRITON services that are installed on the off-box
server with Policy Broker and Policy Database.
6. To download the upgrade patch, in the Appliance Manager go to the
Administration > Patches/Hotfixes > Patches
tab. The upgrade patch for
version 8.2.x should be listed in the
Table of available patches
. If it’s not, click
Check for Patches
. The patch should be listed as available.
Alternatively
, the patch can be downloaded from www.forcepoint.com and
uploaded to the appliance.
a. Go to
(formerly MyWebsense), and select the
Downloads
tab.
Click
Hotfixes & Patches
. In the
Product
drop down, select your appliance
model. In the
Version
drop down, select 8.2.x.
b. Download the upgrade patch.
c. Log on to the Appliance manager and navigate to
Administration > Patches
/Hotfixes
.
d. Click
Upload Patch Manually,
then
Browse,
and then select the upgrade file
for version 8.2.x.
e. Click
Upload
to initiate upload of the patch to the appliance. Depending on
the speed of the network, upload can take as long as 20 minutes. When the
upload is complete the upgrade is listed in the
Available patches
list.
Because local network speeds are usually faster than the Internet gateway, this is
an efficient method when your deployment has many appliances. The upgrade
patch is downloaded only once from patch download server. Other appliances
upload the patch from the local location.
7. Click
Install
to apply the upgrade.
If the subscription agreement is not displayed within 60 seconds, close and
re-open the browser, return to the
Patches / Hotfixes > Patches
page, and initiate
the patch installation again.
Note that patch installation may take significantly longer than warned. See
Estimates of time to complete upgrade
.
8. The patch first performs a
system check
to make sure the appliance is set up
correctly for the upgrade to succeed. This may take several minutes.
9. When you see that all patch pre-requisites have been met, you can continue to
install the patch by clicking
Install Patch
.
10. Review the subscription agreement. Check
I accept this agreement
and
Continue
.
