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17   Release and Migration Notes - Updating HA-Synced Units or HA-Synced NG Control Centers

Proceed after having assured that the HA unit is fully functional.

Unblock the (standby) servers on the HA unit by clicking 

Stop Server

 within 

Control > Servers

.

Log-in to the primary unit using Barracuda NG Admin.

Switch all servers from the primary to the HA unit and verify for correct 
operability. Therefore,

 

Block all Servers

 on the primary unit. 

You may leave the primary unit in standby mode until correct operability of the HA unit has been
verified. Click 

Stop Server 

on the primary unit in order to achieve this. If functional errors occur on the HA

unit, you may switch servers back to the primary unit.

Step 4: Update the Primary Unit

Update the primary unit using SSH as delineated above in 

 Updating Units or NG 

Control Centers Using SSH, page 15

.

No more interaction with the primary unit is necessary. Wait until the update is finished. Depending on
the hardware, it will need from 15 minutes on the fastest appliances up to 60 minutes on the flash
appliances.

Step 5: Switch Servers Back to the Primary Unit

Log-in to the respective primary unit using Barracuda NG Admin.

Proceed after having assured that the primary unit is fully functional.

Re-enable all servers on the primary unit by clicking 

Stop Server

 

(Control > Server)

 

on each.

Log-in to the HA unit using Barracuda NG Admin.

Block all the servers on the HA unit by clicking 

Block Server

 

(Control >  Server)

.

Proceed after having assured that the primary unit is fully functional.

Set all the servers on the HA unit back to standby by clicking 

Stop Server

 

(Control >  Server)

.

The update process is finished.

Do not interrupt the update procedure. During update, the unit boots several times and due to this, the connection will 
be terminated. Indicators that the update process has been finished are the following output on the console: 

Barracuda NG Firewall release 5.0.3-xxx

, or the operativeness of logging in again using SSH or Barracuda 

NG Admin.

Summary of Contents for NG FIREWALL

Page 1: ...Version 5 0 3...

Page 2: ...1 All rights reserved Use of this product and this manual is subject to license Information in this document is subject to change without notice Trademarks Barracuda NG Firewall is a trademark of Barr...

Page 3: ...cuda NG Installer 10 Barracuda NG Firewall 10 Determine Your Update Scenario 13 Updating Unmanaged Units or NG Control Centers 15 Updating Units or NG Control Centers Using SSH 15 Updating HA Synced U...

Page 4: ...Release and Migration Notes...

Page 5: ...acuda Networks strongly recommends to study the Barracuda NG Firewall 5 0 Migration Instructions available for download at http barracuda com doc as under certain circumstances no countermanding is po...

Page 6: ...m system requirements for Barracuda NG Firewall Operation System included Barracuda OS Disk space 15 GB on a dedicated harddisk for gateway installation on harddisks 4 GB for gateway installation on a...

Page 7: ...s support If you are using standard hardware and or updating from phion netfence please pay also attention to the Barracuda NG Firewall 5 0 Migration Instructions and the Barracuda NG Firewall 5 2 Mig...

Page 8: ...s Target Version Current Version 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 2 5 0 3 4 2 10 and earlier 4 2 11 4 2 13 4 2 14 4 2 15 4 2 16 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 2 If you are going to update from a firmware release version below 5 0 then p...

Page 9: ...Release 5 0 1 5 0 2 5 0 3 Software Modules Firewall VPN Service Access Control Service HTTP Proxy Secure Web Proxy URL Filter Mail Gateway Spam Filter Virus Scanner DHCP Service DHCP Relay DNS FW Audi...

Page 10: ...rror message was generated An error occurred finding the installation image on your hard drive Please check your images and try again This issue was fixed Table 1 8 Barracuda NG Firewall Module Descri...

Page 11: ...nction with different firmware release versions on a Barracuda NG Control Center and its managed units certain configuration options may erroneously have been unavailable on the NG Control Center such...

Page 12: ...12 Release and Migration Notes Bugfixes Included with Barracuda NG Firewall 5 0 3...

Page 13: ...firmware 5 0 X use the patch xxx tgz file For a fresh installation use the iso file In case you are updating a HA synchronized unit to firmware release version 5 0 3 while not updating its secondary u...

Page 14: ...figuration Type Applicable Update Instructions Unmanaged Unit or NG Control Center If you want to update either an unmanaged unit or an NG Control Center then proceed to Updating Unmanaged Units or NG...

Page 15: ...ve unit To get the file onto the unit you may use the Send File button within the built in SSH client of Barracuda NG Admin Don t forget to change the directory first using cd var phion packages Step...

Page 16: ...ed in Updating Units or NG Control Centers Using SSH page 15 No more interaction with the HA unit is necessary Wait until the update is finished Depending on the hardware it will need from 15 minutes...

Page 17: ...ary Wait until the update is finished Depending on the hardware it will need from 15 minutes on the fastest appliances up to 60 minutes on the flash appliances Step 5 Switch Servers Back to the Primar...

Page 18: ...Control Center using Barracuda NG Admin Navigate to Control Firmware Update and click Import Select the update package within the file browser Step 2 Select Units to Update and Send them the Update Ch...

Page 19: ...minutes on the fastest appliances up to 60 minutes on the flash appliances Take a look into the box log file at Box Logs Box Release update after the update process has been finished In case of a not...

Page 20: ...Firewall 5 0 3 on standard hardware you need to apply hotfix 386 before migrating from 4 2 x to 5 0 3 in order to make use of the MAC to eth mapping feature that will help you to keep the port labeli...

Page 21: ...activation log will then contain the following message No difference found between configured and detected MAC to interface mapping Update is possible on standalone as well as on NG CC managed units f...

Page 22: ...dvanced configuration mode Set Use Assignment to yes Click Send Changes followed by Activate Step 4 Proceed to the Update Upgrade the unit following the standard 5 0 3 upgrade procedure as described i...

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