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-fallbackparameter 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