Upgrading V-Series Appliances
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Upgrading V-Series Appliances
14. Upgrade all TRITON components that you haven’t already upgraded and which
run off the appliance. These may include Web and Email Log Server, transparent
identification agents, and the TRITON Manager. If Policy Broker and Policy
Server are on the same off-appliance server as the TRITON Manager, you should
have already upgraded all components on that box.
See
Upgrading Web Protection Solutions
and
for instructions.
If the upgrade fails, contact
Upgrading multiple V-Series appliances
When multiple V-Series appliances are deployed in the same network, it is very
important that they be upgraded in the prescribed order.
If the appliance is a TRITON AP-EMAIL appliance
Apply the upgrade patch to all TRITON AP-EMAIL appliances before upgrading the
off-appliance components.
If the appliance includes a Web protection mode
It is a best practice to upgrade the
Full policy source
appliance first, then the
User
directory and filtering
, then
Filtering only
appliances, and finally the off-appliance
TRITON components.
Best practice for upgrade sequence if Full policy source is on a V-Series
appliance
1. Upgrade the
Full policy source
appliance.
2. Upgrade all
User directory and filtering
appliances.
3. Upgrade all
Filtering only
appliances.
4. After all appliances have been upgraded, upgrade off-box components.
Best practice for upgrade sequence if Full policy source is not on a
V-Series appliance
If you have multiple V-Series appliances and the policy source (Policy Broker and
Policy Server) is located off-appliance:
Important
Dual-mode appliances are not supported by v8.3.x and
higher.
If you are upgrading a dual-mode appliance, use the
special guide
Upgrading V-Series Dual Mode Appliances
.
