• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.5 for ESXi
• About this Guide
  • Guide Conventions
• System Requirements
  • Supported Firewalls
  • Additional Firewall Requirements
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Compatibility
  • Minimum Requirements
  • IPFIX Based Licensing Model
  • IPFIX Based Capacity Planning
  • Backup and Recovery Information
  • Importing Firewall Configurations
  • Creating a MySonicWall Account
• Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Adding Firewalls to On-Premises Analytics
• Licensing and Registering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics
  • Deregistering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
• Upgrading On-Premises Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics 2.5.5
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
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    • Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version
    • Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics using SWI file
• Migrating Data From Internal to External Disk
  • Preparing the Analytics to Add External Disk
  • Adding External Disk
  • Migrating the Data To External Disk
• Using the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Console
  • Management Console Operations
    • System Info
    • Storage
    • Network Interfaces
    • Diagnostics
    • NTP Server
    • Reboot | Shutdown
    • About
    • Logs
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring the Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Upgrading Analytics 2.5.5

Users can upgrade to Analytics 2.5.5 from 2.5.4 or 2.5.3.

It is recommended to take a backup of the external disk before proceeding to any upgrade process.

For customers on any Analytics version older than Analytics 2.5.3, please contact support for upgrade. To contact SonicWall Support, visit https://www.sonicwall.com/support/contact-support.

The following table summarizes the various ways to upgrade to Analytics 2.5.5:

Current Analytics Version	Upgrade Procedure
Analytics 2.5.4 with data in external disk	Follow the steps under Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
Analytics 2.5.4 with data in internal disk	Follow the steps under Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
Analytics 2.5.3 with data in external disk	Follow the steps under Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
Analytics 2.5.3 with data in internal disk	Follow the steps under Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk

To verify the data is present on the internal disk follow the below steps

1. Launch the Management Console of Analytics.

2. Navigate to Storage. No additional storage text under Additional storage status confirms that no external disk is present.

   

• Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk

• Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk