Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance X1050 Guía Del Usuario
Chapter 15 System Administration
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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.1 for Email Configuration Guide
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Warning
You must have a configuration file for the version you wish to revert to.
Configuration files are not backwards-compatible.
Configuration files are not backwards-compatible.
Performing AsyncOS Reversion
To run the
revert
command, complete the following steps:
Step 1
Ensure that you have the configuration file for the version you wish to revert to.
Configuration files are not backwards-compatible. To do this, you can email the
file to yourself or FTP the file. A simple way to do this is to run the
Configuration files are not backwards-compatible. To do this, you can email the
file to yourself or FTP the file. A simple way to do this is to run the
mailconfig
CLI command.
Step 2
Save a backup copy of the current configuration of your appliance (with
passwords unmasked) on another machine.
passwords unmasked) on another machine.
Note
This is not the configuration file you will load after reverting.
Step 3
If you use the Safelist/Blocklist feature, export the Safelist/Blocklist database to
another machine.
another machine.
Step 4
Wait for the mail queue to empty.
Step 5
Log into the CLI of the appliance you want to revert.
When you run the
revert
command, several warning prompts are issued. After
these warning prompts are accepted, the revert action takes place immediately.
Therefore, do not begin the reversion process until after you have completed the
pre-reversion steps.
Therefore, do not begin the reversion process until after you have completed the
pre-reversion steps.
Step 6
From the CLI, Issue the
revert
command.
Note
The reversion process is time-consuming. It may take fifteen to twenty
minutes before reversion is complete and console access to the IronPort
appliance is available again.
minutes before reversion is complete and console access to the IronPort
appliance is available again.