Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S680 Guía Del Usuario
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AsyncOS 8.1 for Cisco Web Security User Guide
Chapter 21 Perform System Administration Tasks
AsyncOS for Web Upgrades and Updates
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Upgrading and Updating AsyncOS and Security Service Components
Upgrading AsyncOS for Web
Before You Begin
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Save the appliance configuration file (see
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Step 1
Choose System Administration > System Upgrade.
Step 2
Click Available Upgrades.
Step 3
Select an upgrade from the list of available upgrades, and click Begin Upgrade to start the upgrade
process. Answer the questions as they appear.
process. Answer the questions as they appear.
Step 4
When the upgrade is complete, click Reboot Now to reboot the Web Security appliance.
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Automatic and Manual Update and Upgrade Queries
AsyncOS periodically queries the update servers for new updates to all security service components, but
not for new AsyncOS upgrades. To upgrade AsyncOS, you must manually prompt AsyncOS to query for
available upgrades. You can also manually prompt AsyncOS to query for available security service
updates. For more information, see
not for new AsyncOS upgrades. To upgrade AsyncOS, you must manually prompt AsyncOS to query for
available upgrades. You can also manually prompt AsyncOS to query for available security service
updates. For more information, see
When AsyncOS queries an update server for an update or upgrade, it performs the following steps:
1.
Contacts the update server.
Cisco allows the following sources for update servers:
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Cisco update servers. For more information, see
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Local server. For more information, see
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Receives an XML file that lists the available updates or AsyncOS upgrade versions. This XML file
is known as the “manifest.”
is known as the “manifest.”
3.
Downloads the update or upgrade image files.
Manually Updating Security Service Components
By default, each security service component periodically receives updates to its database tables from the
Cisco update servers. However, you can manually update the database tables.
Cisco update servers. However, you can manually update the database tables.