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Task - Creating a bootable USB drive rescue image without using the appliance
You can create a bootable rescue image on a USB drive without using your appliance. You need a
computer that has Internet access, your McAfee Grant Number for your Email and Web Security
appliance, and third party software that enables you to create a bootable image onto a USB drive.
1
Browse to the McAfee download site, and enter your Grant Number.
2
Download the .iso file for the version of the Email and Web Security appliance software.
3
Create a bootable image on the USB drive from the downloaded file, using suitable system
commands or disk-imaging software.
Benefits of using the internal rescue image
Benefits of using the internal rescue image include:
• When managing your Email and Web Security Appliances, having the image for each appliance
stored on a protected partition on the hard disk or USB drive for each appliance enables you to
remotely reimage your appliances without needing to locate a CD containing the correct version of
the software.
• The rescue image negates the requirement for remote access cards to be fitted to your appliance
(if you have suitable appliance models) in order for the appliances to be reimaged from a remote
location.
• By creating a library of stored rescue images on your local network or on a local FTP or HTTP
server, you can use the rescue images to roll back your appliance to a previous .iso release of the
software, or to upgrade to a newer version. You do this by importing the required image to the
rescue partition on your appliance and then forcing your appliance to boot from the newly imported
rescue image using the
Perform a full installation overwriting existing data
option. To roll back, you need to
use the option 2 or 3 settings; to upgrade you need to use option 2, 3 or 4 settings.
Manage Internal Rescue Image option definitions
The following information and controls are available to configure this feature:
Table 222 Option definitions
Option Definition
Rescue image details Provides details of the rescue image currently stored within the rescue partition of
your appliance.
Force Boot from
Rescue Image
Provides options to reboot your appliance from a rescue image:
•
Boot to menu
If you select
Boot to menu
, ensure that you are either local to the appliance, or that
you have access to the appliance using a DRAC card.
•
Perform a full installation overwriting existing data
•
Install software preserving configuration and email messages
• Install software preserving network configuration only
• Install software preserving configuration only
Import new rescue
image
Browse to a rescue image stored on your local drive or on a local FTP or HTTP
server, and copy this image onto the rescue partition on your appliance.
Export rescue image Save a rescue image to a file, or select a USB drive to create a bootable copy of
the rescue image on the USB drive.
Overview of System features
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