Determine the Upgrade Path to PAN-OS 9.0
Determine the upgrade path from your current PAN-OS version
to PAN-OS 9.0.
When you upgrade from one PAN-OS feature release version
to a later feature release, you cannot skip the installation of
any feature release versions in the path to your target release
(for example, to get from a PAN-OS 8.0 release to PAN-OS 9.0, you
would also need to install a PAN-OS 8.1 release version). In most
cases, the recommended path when moving from one feature release
to the next is to download the base image for the next feature release
version and then download and install your target maintenance release version.
You must have both the base image and the maintenance release image
on the firewall for installation to be successful. If the firewall
doesn’t have enough disk space to hold both the base image and the
maintenance release image, it will delete the base image and you
will see an error message when you attempt to install the maintenance
release. In this case, you will need to re-download and install
the base image before you can download and install the maintenance
release. To minimize downtime for your users, perform upgrades during
non-business hours.
For manual upgrades, you must install
the base image for a feature release before you upload and install
a maintenance release image.
Determine the upgrade
path as follows:
- Identify which version is currently installed.
- From Panorama, select and check the Software Version on the firewalls you plan to upgrade.
- From the firewall, select and check which version has a check mark in the Currently Installed column.
- Identify the upgrade path:Review the known issues and changes to default behavior in the Release Notes and upgrade/downgrade considerations in the New Features Guide for each release through which you pass as part of your upgrade path.Installed PAN-OS VersionRecommended Upgrade Path to PAN-OS 9.08.1.xIf you are already running a PAN-OS 8.1 release, proceed to Upgrade the Firewall to PAN-OS 9.0.8.0.x
- Download and install PAN-OS 8.0.20 and reboot.
- Download PAN-OS 8.1.0.
- Download and install the latest preferred PAN-OS 8.1 maintenance release and reboot.
- Proceed to Upgrade the Firewall to PAN-OS 9.0.
7.1.x- Download and install the PAN-OS 7.1.26 maintenance release and reboot.
- Download PAN-OS 8.0.0.
- Download and install PAN-OS 8.0.20 and reboot.
- Download PAN-OS 8.1.0.
- Download and install the latest preferred PAN-OS 8.1 maintenance release and reboot.
Proceed to Upgrade the Firewall to PAN-OS 9.0.7.0.x- Download PAN-OS 7.1.0.
- Download and install the PAN-OS 7.1.26 maintenance release and reboot.
- Download PAN-OS 8.0.0.
- Download and install PAN-OS 8.0.20 and reboot.
- Download PAN-OS 8.1.0.
- Download and install the latest preferred PAN-OS 8.1 maintenance release and reboot.
Proceed to Upgrade the Firewall to PAN-OS 9.0.
