Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance M1070 User Guide

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AsyncOS 9.0 for Cisco Content Security Management Appliances User Guide

Chapter 14 Common Administrative Tasks

Upgrading AsyncOS

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Management Appliance > System Administration > System Upgrade.

Step 2

Click Upgrade Options.

Step 3

Choose an option:

Step 4

Unless you are installing a previously-downloaded installer, select an AsyncOS version from the list of
available upgrades.

Step 5

If you are installing:

Choose whether or not to save the current configuration to the

configuration

directory on the

appliance.

Choose whether or not to mask the passwords in the configuration file.

Note

You cannot load a configuration file with masked passwords using the Configuration File page
in the GUI or the

loadconfig

command in the CLI.

If you want to email copies of the configuration file, enter the email addresses to which you want to
email the file. Use commas to separate multiple email addresses.

Step 6

Click Proceed.

Step 7

If you are installing:

Be prepared to respond to prompts during the process.

The process pauses until you respond.

A progress bar appears near the top of the page.

At the prompt, click Reboot Now.

Note

Do not interrupt power to the appliance for any reason (even to troubleshoot an upgrade
issue) until at least 20 minutes have passed since you rebooted.

To Do

This

Download and install the
upgrade in a single operation

Click Download and Install.

If you have already downloaded an installer, you will be prompted to
overwrite the existing download.

Download an upgrade installer Click Download only.

If you have already downloaded an installer, you will be prompted to
overwrite the existing download.

The installer downloads in the background without interrupting
service.

Install a downloaded upgrade
installer

Click Install.

This option appears only if an installer has been downloaded.

The AsyncOS version to be installed is noted below the Install
option.