Use the appliance update page to determine whether the latest appliance system image and guest images are installed, and to update them as needed. You can also use this page to view the installed security content version.
Note
You can perform this procedure whether the managed appliance uses CMS, CDN, or DTI as its DTI source server. (See Changing the active setting for a DTI service for details about these options.)
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This page contains the information described in the following table.
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Sensor(hostname) | The display name of the appliance. | ||||||||||
Connection | The status of the connection between the Central Management System appliance and the managed appliance.
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Product | The type of appliance. | ||||||||||
System Software Status | The installed appliance software version. If other versions are available, you can select a version or select none to do this later. | ||||||||||
Detection Engine Status | Whether the latest guest images are installed. If not, you can select latest to install them or select none to do this later. NOTE: This column is empty for an appliance in MVX sensor mode. | ||||||||||
Sensor Update Status Info | Indicators and information about current and available versions or the update being performed.
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If updates are available for an appliance, the checkbox in the Sensor (hostname) column can be selected, and a message is displayed in the column. For example:
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Click the Appliances tab. The Sensors tab should be selected.
On the Sensors page, click Actions > Update Sensors.
If you want to filter by appliance group, select the group in the Sensor Group drop-down list.
Select the checkbox for each appliance you want to update.
(Optional) To select all the managed appliances for an upgrade, select All in the Sensor Group dropdown menu.
To update the system image:
Select the version from the drop-down list in the System Software Status column. For example:
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If you want to postpone this update, select none.
The appliance must be rebooted after the upgrade. If you want this to happen automatically, select the Auto Reboot checkbox.
If the guest images need to be updated, select latest in the Detection Engine Status column. (If you want to postpone this update, select none.)
Note
Appliances in MVX sensor mode do not have guest images, so the Detection Engine Status column is empty.
Click Update Selected Sensors.
Status messages will be displayed in the Sensor Update Status Info column. For example:
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If you did not select auto reboot, the following message is displayed after the update is done:
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Click the Reload checkbox, and then click OK when prompted to confirm the action.
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