Proxy Family Software Upgrade Plan

Products

• ProxySG Software - SGOS
• Management Center
• Management Center - VA
• Reporter
• Reporter-S500
• Reporter-VA
• CAS-VA
• Content Analysis Software
• ISG Content Analysis
• ISG Proxy
• SSL Visibility Appliance Software
• Web Isolation
• SV-1800
• SV-2800
• SV-3800
• SV-800
• SV-S550
• CAS-S200
• CAS-S400
• CAS-S500
• Advanced Secure Gateway Software - ASG

Issue/Introduction

Establishing a written, proactive upgrade plan can help ensure a successful upgrade. This includes making sure the necessary backups and configurations have been saved should a disaster recovery scenario be experienced. 

The purpose of this article is to provide a best practice reference to aid with appliance upgrade planning and scheduling within your topology.

Environment

• SED Division product upgrades (Proxy family product line)

Resolution

The attached document can be used as a generic baseline for your upgrade planning/runbook.

This document can be modified to include:

• Pre-upgrade tasks
• Post-upgrade tasks
• Product specific upgrade documentation references