We are planning to upgrade IOS on a 5520 pair, from 7.2.4 to 8.2.4, and cause minimum outage. And according to the documentation, we can do the zero downtime IOS upgrade by failing over to the standby ASA and back.
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So, can during this process, can we go from 7.2.5 to 8.0.5 (last maintenance release), or do we have to move to 8.0.2 first ?
We are currently on 8.0(4) and planning on upgrading our failover pair to 8.4.2, I read some documents saying that we can perform a zero downtime upgrade.
According the below documents Version 8.2 supports mismatch memory failover, [URL]
Upgrade Path:
Active Firewall: Standby Firewall:
8.0(4) 8.0(4)-->8.2.2
8.0(4) Upgrade RAM-2G---Reload
faiover to standby 8.2.2
8.0(4)--->8.2.2 8.2.2
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Can I perform zero downtime upgrade with the above upgrade path? Will both the firewalls act as a failover pair if one is on 8.2.2 and other is on 8.4.2.
"Performing Zero Downtime Upgrades for Failover Pairs
The two units in a failover configuration should have the same major (first number) and minor (second number) software version. However, you do not need to maintain version parity on the units during the upgrade process; you can have different versions on the software running on each unit and still maintain failover support." [URL]
Since the "zero-downtime upgrade" is not supported, I would like to validate the process I put together for upgrading a failover pair of asa5550 with the characteristics below. Specifically I am concerned with the role of the standby during the upgrade. This is my setup:
.- single context mode
.- active/standby
.- current firmware asa821-k8.bin / asdm-621.bin
.- role: firewall and VPN concentrator for segmented server farm network. Dynamic/static/exemption NAT heavily used.
My target is asa842-k8.bin / asdm-645.bin and I am doing a two step upgrade (8.2(1) -> 8.3(1) -> 8.4(2)) to avoid the "unidirectional" attribute and CSCtf89372 bug issues. This is a short version of what I have in mind:
.- Verify stability of failover pair and make adequate backups before beginning.
.- plug into the console of active, ssh into active and standby.
.- vpn/act(config)# no failover ( disable failover from active )
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After reboot, point to 8.4(2) and reload again. Same concern regarding the standby unit.
I understand there might be configuration tweaks needed to the NAT configuration. After second reboot test connectivity and if successful, on active "failover", "write standby" and "failover reload-standby". Otherwise "downgrade" and back to the drawing board.
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