Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected

Verify that the updates you plan to install are appropriate for your Panorama deployment.
Refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release version you must install for a Panorama software release. If you intend to upgrade Log Collectors and firewalls to a particular release, you must first upgrade Panorama to that (or a later) release.
For a Panorama virtual appliance that runs on an ESXi server, ensure that the server meets the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
Save a backup of the current Panorama configuration file that you can use to restore the configuration if you have problems with the upgrade.
Although Panorama automatically creates a backup of the configuration, best practice is to create and externally store a backup before you upgrade.
Save named Panorama configuration snapshot
(
Panorama
Setup
Operations
), enter a
Name
for the configuration, and click
OK
.
Export named Panorama configuration snapshot
, select the
Name
of the configuration you just saved, click
OK
, and save the exported file to a location that is external to Panorama.
Determine which content updates you need to install.
Palo Alto Networks® highly recommends that Panorama, Log Collectors, and all managed firewalls run the same content release version.
For each content update, determine whether you need updates and which content updates you need to download in Step 4.
Ensure that Panorama is running the same but not a later content release version than is running on managed firewalls and Log Collectors.
(
As needed
) Before you update the content release version on Panorama, be sure to upgrade managed firewalls and then Log Collectors (see Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-Connected) to the same (or a later) content release version.
(
As needed
) Download content updates to a host that can connect and upload content to Panorama either over SCP or HTTPS.
If you do not need to install content updates at this time, then skip ahead to Step 6.
Use a host that has internet access to log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support website.
Download content updates as needed:
Click
Updates
Dynamic Updates
in the Resources section.
Download
the appropriate content updates and save the files to the host. Perform this step for each content type you need to update.
Install content updates as needed.
You must install content updates before software updates and you must Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected first and then Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected before you install them on the Panorama management server.
Install the Applications or Applications and Threats update first, and then install any other updates (Antivirus, WildFire®, and URL Filtering) one at a time in any sequence.
Regardless whether your subscription includes both Applications and Threats content, Panorama installs and needs only the Applications content. For details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
In Panorama (
Panorama
Dynamic Updates
), perform the following steps for each content type:
Click
Upload
, select the content
Type
,
Browse
to the location on the host to which you downloaded the update, select the update, and click
OK
.
Install From File
, select the
Package Type
, and click
OK
.
Determine the software upgrade path. Refer to the New Features Guide for the upgrade path to a PAN-OS 8.0 release.
Check which version has a check mark in the Currently Installed column (
Panorama
Software
) and make a list of all versions in your upgrade path that you need to download from the Palo Alto Networks update server so that you can upload each to the appliance as needed when you upgrade.
We highly recommend that you review the known issues and changes to default behavior in the ReleaseNotes and upgrade/downgrade considerations in the New Features Guide for each release through which you pass as part of your upgrade path.
Download the software updates to a host that can connect and upload content to Panorama either over SCP or HTTPS.
Use a host with internet access to log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
Download software updates:
On the main page of Palo Alto Networks Customer Support website, click
Software Updates
(Resources section).
For the first (or next) Panorama release in your upgrade path, identify the model-specific file. For example, to upgrade an M-Series appliance to Panorama 8.0.8, download the
Panorama_m-8.0.8
image; to upgrade a Panorama virtual appliance to Panorama 8.0.8, download the
Panorama_pc-8.0.8
image.
You can quickly locate Panorama images by selecting
Panorama M Images
(M-Series appliances) or
Panorama Updates
(virtual appliances) from the
Filter By
drop-down.
Click the filename and save the file to the host.
Repeat steps 7.b.ii and 7.b.iii for any additional release versions in your upgrade path as determined in Step 6.
Install the software updates.
For each release in your upgrade path (starting with the earliest), perform the following steps:
Click Upload (
Panorama
Software
).
Browse
to the location on the host to which you downloaded the update, select the update,
Sync To Peer
if Panorama is in an HA configuration (to push the software image to the secondary peer), and click
OK
.
Install the software image and reboot.
For an HA configuration, Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration; otherwise:
Install the downloaded image.
After you successfully complete the installation, reboot using one of the following methods:
If prompted to reboot, click
Yes
. If you see a CMS Login prompt, press Enter without typing a username or password. When the Panorama login prompt appears, enter the username and password you specified during initial configuration.
If you are not prompted to reboot,
Reboot Panorama
from the Device Operations section (
Panorama
Setup
Operations
).
Repeat steps 8.a through 8.c for each release in your path.
Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format.
When you upgrade to a Panorama 8.0 or later release, Panorama Log Collectors use a new log storage format. Because Panorama can no longer generate reports or ACC data from logs in the pre-8.0-release log format, you must migrate the existing logs as soon as you upgrade Panorama and its Log Collectors from a PAN-OS 7.1 or earlier release to a PAN-OS 8.0 or later release. Log migration is a one-time task; after you migrate the logs on the Log Collector as part an upgrade to a PAN-OS 8.0 or later release, you do not need to migrate them again.