You're reading from Mastering Palo Alto Networks Deploy and manage industry-leading PAN-OS 10.x solutions to secure your users and infrastructure

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789956375

Length 514 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Palo Alto Networks

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

Tom Piens Aka 'Reaper'

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: First Steps and Basic Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Core Technologies FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up a New Device

4. Section 2: Advanced Configuration and Putting the Features to Work

5. Chapter 3: Building Strong Policies

6. Chapter 4: Taking Control of Sessions

7. Chapter 5: Services and Operational Modes

8. Chapter 6: Identifying Users and Controlling Access

9. Chapter 7: Managing Firewalls through Panorama

10. Section 3: Maintenance and Troubleshooting

11. Chapter 8: Upgrading Firewalls and Panorama

12. Chapter 9: Logging and Reporting

13. Chapter 10: VPN and Advanced Protection

14. Chapter 11: Troubleshooting Common Session Issues

15. Chapter 12: A Deep Dive into Troubleshooting

16. Chapter 13: Supporting Tools

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Chapter 8: Upgrading Firewalls and Panorama

Just like any other operating system, bugs are sometimes found in PAN-OS, which could cause all kinds of issues. These bugs need to be fixed, and so update packages, called maintenance releases, that customers can install to improve the resilience and stability of their systems are made available. New features are also introduced through new major releases of the operating system.

In this chapter, we will learn how to upgrade firewalls, Panorama, and High Availability (HA) pairs. We will review what steps need to be taken to prepare for an upgrade and how to ensure continuity throughout the upgrade process, as well as any limitations that may apply, any issues that may arise, and the steps that need to be taken to upgrade.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics: