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kuberr
kuberr
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October 25, 2024
Question

Upgrade Time 7.0.x to 7.2.x

  • October 25, 2024
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We have been running an FG201 HA pair for 2 years, system has been very stable, just upgraded to 7.0.16.

We need some of the 7.2 features to support some MSP security stuff, It looks like 7.2.10 is latest.

I have done one major (6.4.x to 7.0.x) upgrade and a couple of minor ones so not exactly experienced.

Is there anything to watch out for or any words of wisdom ?

TIA

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abarushka
Staff
abarushka
Staff
October 25, 2024

Hello,

 

Here is my list with recommended actions:

 

- make backup of the configuration of both HA units

 

- check the release notes

 

- check upgrade path

 

- in case there is only one upgrade step (i.e. 7.0.16 GA -> 7.2.10 GA), I would recommend to check whether your platform support booting from secondary partition for fast roll back in case of unexpected behavior after the upgrade

 

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Selecting-an-alternate-firmware-for-the-next/ta-p/191425

 

    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    October 25, 2024

    In case you get annoyed by the new software (7.2.8 or newer) behavior, forcing an admin to set an auto firmware upgrade schedule at the first GUI login after the upgrade, you can close the GUI then SSH into it and set below:
      config system global
        set gui-auto-upgrade-setup-warning disable
      end

    Toshi

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