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Update the ASM virtual appliance
Editing default time zone and NTP settings
Generating a certificate signing request
Downloading the certificate signing request
Uploading an SSL certificate
Editing proxy settings
License management
Editing DHCP settings
Update the ASM virtual appliance
To update the ASM virtual appliance, do the following:
1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management.
2. In the Update Repository Path section it displays if a newer version of ASM is available.
NOTE: For more information, see Update Repository Path to configure the update repository
path.
3. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Update Virtual Appliance.
Update Repository Path
To update the repository path, do the following:
1. After you click Update Virtual Appliance, a dialogue box is displayed with a statement and warning
message.
NOTE: The message displayed in the dialogue box is “ Updating the appliance restarts the
system. The action will log off all current users and cancel all jobs in progress.” It even displayed
the message “ The update process takes approximately 25 minutes depending on your data
connection: 15 minutes to download the update and 10 minutes to apply.” Apart from these, it
gives you information about number of logged-in users, and in progress jobs. At the end, it asks
for your confirmation “ Are you sure you want to perform an appliance update?
2. Click Yes on the dialogue box to update your appliance.
NOTE: This process restarts your system. Once update and restore is complete, you get logged
in again. Once the update is complete, it redirects you to the login page. In the meantime, it
monitors the progress of updates and displays messages accordingly. At the end, you get a tab
as Click to log in. After you click the tab, you will be directed to login page to log in again to the
appliance.
Generating a troubleshooting bundle
A troubleshooting bundle is a compressed file that contains appliance logging information for ASM virtual
appliance. If necessary, you must download the bundle and send it to Dell support for issue debug.
1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management.
2. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Generate Troubleshooting Bundle.
3. Open or save the file.
Generating and uploading the SSL certificates
Uploading an SSL certificate provides the following advantages:
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