Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance M160
Release Notes for AsyncOS 9.6.x for Cisco Content Security Management
Installation and Upgrade Notes
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Earlier releases of AsyncOS for Security Management, if you are upgrading from a release earlier than the immediate
previous release. Information about upgrades to releases between your current release and this release may not be included
in these release notes.
previous release. Information about upgrades to releases between your current release and this release may not be included
in these release notes.
For links to this information, see
Virtual Appliance
To set up a virtual appliance, see the Cisco Content Security Virtual Appliance Installation Guide,
available from
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Upgrading a Virtual Appliance
If your current Virtual Appliance release does not support more than 2 TB of disk space, and you want to use more than 2 TB
of disk space with this release, you cannot simply upgrade your virtual appliance.
of disk space with this release, you cannot simply upgrade your virtual appliance.
Instead, you must deploy a new virtual machine instance for this release.
When you upgrade a virtual appliance, the existing licenses remain unchanged.
Migrating From a Hardware Appliance to a Virtual Appliance
Step 1
Set up your virtual appliance using the documentation described in
Step 2
Upgrade your physical appliance to this AsyncOS release.
Step 3
Save the configuration file from your upgraded physical appliance
Step 4
Load the configuration file from the hardware appliance onto the virtual appliance.
Be sure to select appropriate options related to disk space and network settings.
What To Do Next
If you will use your hardware appliance as a backup appliance, see information about backups in the user guide or online help. For
example, you should ensure that the backup appliance does not pull data directly from managed email and web security appliances,
or publish configurations to web security appliances.
example, you should ensure that the backup appliance does not pull data directly from managed email and web security appliances,
or publish configurations to web security appliances.
Pre-upgrade Requirements
Perform the following important pre-upgrade tasks:
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Prepare for the SSH Vulnerability Fix
Requirements when upgrading from a release earlier than AsyncOS 9.5.0-125.