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Arif69
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July 25, 2025

Technical Tip: Upgrading ADOM when FortiManager in High Availability (HA)

  • July 25, 2025
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Description This article describes the behavior of FortiManager in HA setup when upgrading the ADOM version
Scope FortiManager.
Solution

The following picture shows the primary & secondary FortiManager with 'test' ADOM:

 

Primary FortiManager:

 

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Secondary FortiManager:


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In primary FortiManager, proceeds to upgrade the 'test' ADOM from v7.4 to v7.6. The secondary FortiManager will also upgrade the ADOM automatically:

 

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After the upgrade is done, the secondary FortiManager may still display the 'test' ADOM in v7.4:


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After refreshing the browser, the secondary FortiManager now shows the 'test' ADOM in v7.6:

 

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