• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.7 for Hyper-V
• 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 Hyper-V
  • Preparing the Windows Server System
  • Creating a Virtual Switch
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • 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 2.5.7
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
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    • Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format
    • 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
    • Expanding Existing 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 with data in external disk

To upgrade to Analytics 2.5.7, for customers with systems configured with the Analytics 2.5.6, or 2.5.5, or 2.5.4 and data present in external disk, the below steps summarizes the upgrade process:

• Verify the disk is in VHDX format, refer To verify the disk format.
• Unmount the hard disk from Analytics 2.5.6, or 2.5.5, or 2.5.4, refer Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version.
• Mount it on Analytics 2.5.7, refer Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics.

When you mount a hard disk in Analytics you need to enter a Secret Key, which will be same as used in the previous version of Analytics and should be remembered before starting the upgrade procedure.

To verify the disk format

1. Bring up the Hyper-V Manager, select the older version of Analytics instance, right-click and click Settings.

   

2. Navigate to IDE Controller or SCSI Controller under which the hard drive is attached. Verify the additional data disk extension. If the extension indicates .vhd, Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format.