Upgrading your FortiGate unit | Upgrading to FortiOS 3.0 |
Backing up your configuration using the CLI
Use the following procedure to backup up your current configuration in the CLI.
To backup your configuration file using the CLI
Backup the configuration file. Enter:
execute backup allconfig <filename> <address_ip>
This may take a few minutes.
After successfully backing up your configuration file(s), either from the CLI or the
Upgrading your FortiGate unit
You can upgrade to FortiOS 3.0 using either the
FortiOS 3.0.
If upgrading to FortiOS 3.0 is unsuccessful, go to “Reverting to FortiOS v2.80MR11” on page 37 to downgrade to FortiOS 2.80MR11. If your upgrade is successful and your FortiGate unit has a
You may need to reconfigure some configuration settings in FortiOS 3.0. See the Release Notes FortiOS 3.0MR1 for more information.
Note: Make sure you have upgraded to FortiOS v2.80MR11 before upgrading to
FortiOS 3.0.
Upgrading to FortiOS 3.0
This section describes the procedures for upgrading to FortiOS 3.0 using either the
Upgrading using the web-based manager
You can use the
Note: Before proceeding, make sure you back up your configuration. Also, it is recommended you use the CLI to upgrade to FortiOS 3.0. However, a TFTP upgrade reverts all current firewall configurations to factory default settings. Use the
To upgrade to FortiOS 3.0 using the web-based manager
1Copy the firmware image file to your management computer.
2Log into the
3Go to System > Status > Unit Information.
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