Managing Appliance Operations and Upgrades : Downgrading Appliances
  
Downgrading Appliances
You downgrade appliances and view downgrade jobs in the Downgrade Appliances page.
A wizard guides you through the initial configuration of the new downgrade jobs. After you run the wizard, you can view your jobs in the Downgrade Appliances page.
To view downgrade jobs
•  Choose Manage > Upgrades: Downgrade Appliances to display the Downgrade Appliances page.
Figure: Viewing Downgrade Jobs
To downgrade an appliance
1. Choose Manage > Upgrades: Downgrade Appliances to display the Downgrade Appliances page.
2. Click Launch new downgrade job to launch the wizard and display the Welcome page.
3. Click Select your appliances to display the Select your appliances page.
4. Complete the configuration as described in this table.
Setting
Description
Choose product type
Select the product type from the drop-down list.
Choose target version
Select the target version from the drop-down list.
View ineligible appliances
Click to view the ineligible appliances for the upgrade job.
Filter
Select the Show All from the drop-down list to view all appliances eligible for upgrade. 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. Click Return to Eligible Appliances to return to
Select/Unselect all
Select the check box to either select or unselect all the appliances.
5. Click Configure Settings to display the Settings page and complete the configuration as described in this table.
Setting
Description
Notes for this upgrade job
Optionally, specify 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 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.
•  Do not reboot - Select this option to not reboot the appliance.
6. Click Summary to display the Summary page that lists your upgrade settings.
7. Click Upgrade to launch the software upgrade.