Setup guide

Upgrading vShield 6

To upgrade vShield, you must first upgrade the vShield Manager, then update the other components for

which you have a license.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Upgrade vShield Manager,” on page 39

“Upgrade vShield App,” on page 44

“Upgrade vShield Edge from 5.0.x to 5.5.x,” on page 45

“Upgrade vShield Endpoint,” on page 46

“Upgrade vShield Data Security,” on page 46

Upgrade vShield Manager

You can upgrade vShield Manager to a new version only from the vShield Manager user interface. You can

upgrade vShield App and vShield Edge to a new version from the vShield Manager user interface or by

using REST APIs.

Prerequisites

Take a snapshot of vShield Manager so that you can revert to it in case the upgrade fails.

CAUTION Do not uninstall a deployed instance of vShield Manager appliance.

Upgrade vShield Manager from Version 5.0 to Version 5.1.x

vShield Manager version 5.1 and later needs a minimum of 2.5 GB disk space. You must run the

maintenance bundle to make disk space available for the upgraded vShield Manager.

Procedure

1 Free Disk Space by Installing Maintenance Bundle on page 40

A minimum of 2.5 GB free disk space in the /common partition is required for the upgrade process. The

vShield maintenance bundle makes disk space available on the vShield Manager. It stops the vShield

Manager process and starts it again after the completion of the file system cleanup activity.

2 Upgrade vShield Manager to Version 5.1 or Later on page 41

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