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    Schedule a Software Update

    Schedule a PAN-OS software update for your firewalls.
    Contact your account team to enable Cloud Management for NGFWs using Strata Cloud Manager.
    Where Can I Use This?
    What Do I Need?
    • NGFW (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
    • VM-Series, funded with Software NGFW Credits
    • AIOps for NGFW Premium license (use the Strata Cloud Manager app)
    Schedule a PAN-OS software update to upgrade or downgrade your firewalls to a target PAN-OS version at a date and time of your choosing. Firewalls require an outbound internet connection in order to successfully download and install the PAN-OS software version from the Palo Alto Networks Update Server configured by default on the firewall. A software update schedule is a one time event to schedule updates to a specific PAN-OS version and aren’t reoccurring.
    1. Log in to
      Strata Cloud Manager
      .
    3. Select
      Workflows
      Upgrades
      NGFW - Scheduler
      Schedules
       and
      Add Schedule
      .
    4. Enter a
      Name
      .
    5. (
      Optional
      ) Enter a
      Description
      .
    6. Select the
      Timezone
       for the software install time.
    7. Specify the
      Software Install Time
       using the calendar tool to indicate the date and time you want the PAN-OS software download and install to occur.
      Apply
       the date and time you want the update to occur.
    8. (
      Optional
      ) Check (enable)
      Download software in advanced
       to specify a date and time you want the PAN-OS software version to be downloaded on the target firewalls.
      Use the calendar tool to indicate the date and time you want the PAN-OS software version to be downloaded before install and
      Apply
      . The date and time must occur before the
      Software Install Time
      .
    9. Select the
      Target OS Version
       you want to update the firewall to.
      (
      PAN-OS Software Downgrades only
      ) If you’re downgrading to an older PAN-OS, you must check (enable)
      Allow downgrade
      . The downgrade fails if this setting isn’t enabled.
    10. Select
      Device Grouping Rules
       to associate firewalls with the software update schedule.
      You can select multiple device grouping rules to update multiple sets of firewalls.
    11. Save
      .

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