Upgrading appliances
You can view and upgrade appliances under Manage > Upgrades: Upgrade Appliances. The Upgrade Appliances page displays the current status of upgrade jobs.
A wizard guides you through the configuration of an upgrade job.
Click Launch a new upgrade job to display the Welcome page. Click Select your appliances to display the Select your appliances to upgrade page. These configuration options are available:
Choose product type
Specifies the product type from the drop-down list.
Choose target version
Specifies the target version from the drop-down list.
View ineligible appliances
Displays the ineligible appliances for the upgrade job.
Filter
Displays all appliances eligible for upgrade. Select Show All from the drop-down list. You can filter appliances by current version, group, hostname, IP address, model, and serial number.
• Show Selected Appliances—Select an appliance to view and select this option from the drop-down list to view appliance details.
Select/Unselect all
Either selects or clears all the appliances.
Click Configure Settings to display the Settings page. These configuration options are available:
Notes for this upgrade job
Specifies any notes for the new upgrade job.
Upgrade Time
• Upgrade Now—Select this option to start the upgrade now.
• Schedule the upgrade—Select this option to schedule the upgrade.
• UTC time—Specify the UTC date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd and hh:mm:ss
• Local time—Specify the local date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Reboot Options
• Reboot immediately after installing the image—Select this option to reboot the appliance immediately after installing the image.
• Schedule the reboot after installing the image—Select this option to schedule the reboot.
• UTC time—Specify the UTC date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
• Local time—Specify the local date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
• Don’t reboot—Select this option to not reboot the appliance.
Click Summary to display the Summary page that lists your upgrade settings.
Click Upgrade to launch the software upgrade.