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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.2.0 for Security Management User Guide
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Software Upgrades on Your Security Management
Appliance
Appliance
Note
If you are upgrading to a new Security Management appliance, and are
transferring data, the new box must have the same size allocations or greater.
transferring data, the new box must have the same size allocations or greater.
This section discusses the following topics related to software upgrades on the
Security Management appliance:
Security Management appliance:
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Before You Upgrade
As a best practice, we recommend preparing for an upgrade by taking the
following steps:
following steps:
Step 1
Save the XML configuration file off the appliance.
Step 2
If you are using the Safelist/Blocklist feature, export the list off the appliance.
Step 3
Suspend the listeners using the suspendlistener command when running the
upgrade from the CLI. If you perform the upgrade from the GUI, listener
suspension occurs automatically.
upgrade from the CLI. If you perform the upgrade from the GUI, listener
suspension occurs automatically.
Step 4
Drain the mail queue and the delivery queue.
Note
Re-enable the listeners after the upgrade. After you upgrade to AsyncOS 7.2.0,
you cannot revert to an earlier version of AsyncOS. You can only revert to an
earlier build of AsyncOS 7.2.0.
you cannot revert to an earlier version of AsyncOS. You can only revert to an
earlier build of AsyncOS 7.2.0.