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Use this command to enable or disable booting the appliance from alternating boot partitions.

When enabled, the appliance will boot from the alternate boot partitions. For example, if the appliance booted from boot partition 1 previously, when rebooted, the appliance will boot off of partition 2.

Note

If a fallback reboot event occurs, this behavior is suppressed unless the db-fallback parameter is used.

Syntax

[no] boot system next [db-fallback]

Parameters

no

Disables rebooting from alternate partitions.

db-fallback

Enables rebooting from alternate partitions even when a fallback reboot event occurs.

Example

The following example enables rebooting from alternate partitions.

hostname (config) # boot system next

The following example disables rebooting from alternate partitions. (default)

hostname (config) # no boot system next

The following example enables rebooting from alternate partitions even if a fallback reboot event occurs.

hostname (config) # boot system next db-fallback

The following example disables rebooting from alternate partitions.

hostname (config) # no boot system next db-fallback

User role

Admin

Command mode

Config

Supported appliances

  • Malware Analysis: Before Release 6.4

  • Central Management System: Before Release 6.4

  • Email Security — Server: Before Release 6.4

  • File Protect: Before Release 6.4

  • Endpoint Security (HX): Release 2.5

  • Network Security: Before Release 6.4