Installing updates

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Install firmware updates to improve the appliance and the network protection that is provided by the appliance.

About this task

Important: After you install firmware updates, you must restart the appliance.

Firmware updates contain new program files, fixes or patches, enhancements, and online help.

The appliance uses an update notification to discover and notify administrators when a new update is available. This capability requires the appliance to contact the host updates.verify.ibm.com. If a proxy server is required for the appliance to contact external hosts, configure the HTTPS Proxy or HTTP Proxy values on the System > System Settings > Administrator Settings page.

When contacting the update notifications service, the appliance will supply non-identifiable usage information to the service. This includes the firmware version, which offerings are activated, whether or not it is a trial version, and the platform/hypervisor it is running on.

To disable the update notification service, set the advanced tuning parameter wga_notifications.updates.enabled to false.

Note: When the update notification service is disabled, administrators can receive update notifications via the IBM My Notifications service and can find the firmware update downloads at IBM Fix Central.

Procedure

  1. Click System > Updates and Licensing > Firmware Updates.
    When a new firmware update is available, details about the firmware update including a download link are presented on this page. Follow the download link to download the firmware update from IBM Fix Central.
  2. On the Firmware Updates page, use one or more of the following commands:
    OptionDescription
    Upload To upload an update, click Upload. In the New Update window, click Select Update, browse to the update file, click Open, and then click Submit.
    Note: After uploading an update, the installation must be started manually using the Install command.
    Refresh To re-scan for uploaded updates, click Refresh.
    Install To install an update, select the update, and then click Install.