IronPort - Configuration Guide - AsyncOS 7.6.1

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Step 1 Save the XML config file off-box.
Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.6 for Email Configuration Guide
Chapter 15 System Administration
Step 2 If you are using the Safelist/Blocklist feature, export the list off-box.
Step 3 Suspend all listeners. If you perform the upgrade from the CLI, use the suspendlistener command. If
you perform the upgrade from the GUI, listener suspension occurs automatically.
Step 4 Wait for the queue to empty. You can use the workqueue command to view the number of messages in
the work queue or the rate command in the CLI to monitor the message throughput on your appliance.
Note Re-enable the listeners post-upgrade.
Upgrading AsyncOS After Configuring Update Setings
Step 1 Click Available Upgrades on the System Administration > System Upgrade page. The Available
Upgrades page is displayed.
Figure 15-1 The Available Upgrades Page
Step 2 Select an upgrade from the list of available upgrades.
Step 3 Choose whether or not to save the current configuration to the configuration directory.
Step 4 Choose whether or not to mask the passwords in the configuration file.
Note You cannot load a configuration file with masked passwords using the Configuration File page
in the GUI or the loadconfig command in the CLI.
Step 5 If you want to email a copies of the configuration file, enter the email addresses to which you want to
email the file. Use commas to separate multiple email addresses.
Step 6 Click Begin Upgrade. A progress bar appears near the top of the page. You may be asked one or more
times to confirm changes or read and agree to new license agreements, etc.
Step 7 After the upgrade is finished, you are asked to reboot the appliance.
Step 8 Click Reboot Now.
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