
Upgrading V-Series Appliances
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Upgrading V-Series Appliances
Estimates of time to complete upgrade
V-Series Appliance Upgrade Guide | Upgrades to v7.8.x
The table below provides estimates of the time needed for the 7.8.2, 7.8.3, or 7.8.4
patch to be installed on an appliance. The amount of time varies, as indicated. Not all
V-Series configurations are shown.
The following provides a basic sample scenario:
Approximate total upgrade time, beginning to end, for all upgrade tasks:
● 1 Dual mode V10000 G2 appliance
● 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 7.8.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.
System
Configuration
Elapsed time
V10000 G2
V10000 G3
Web Security Gateway and
Email Security Gateway
User directory and filtering
90 - 110 minutes
V10000 G2
Web security only:
Web Security Gateway
Full policy source
70 - 90 minutes
V10000 G2
V10000 G3
Web Security and Email Security
Gateway
Full policy source
70-90 minutes
V10000 G2
V5000 G2
Web security only:
Web Security Gateway
User directory and filtering
90 - 110 minutes
V10000 G2
Dual mode:
Web Security Gateway and
Email Security Gateway
70 - 90 minutes
V10000 G2
V5000 G2
Email security only
20 - 30 minutes
V5000 G2
Web Security Gateway
filtering only
30 minutes