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Patch management
Help | V-Series Appliance | Version 8.0.x
V-Series appliances are kept up to date with an easy-to-use patch management facility.
Go to the Administration > Patches / Hotfixes > Patches page to check for, download, and install patches.
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Appliances automatically check for new patches once a day. The time of the check is randomized, cannot be configured, and is different for every appliance.
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To manually check for new patches, use the Check for Patches button.
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When a new patch is available, the patch version number, description, and status are displayed in the Available patches table and an alert is displayed on the Status > General page.
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After a patch is downloaded it can be copied to another location on your network where it can be easily uploaded to multiple appliances.
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If the appliance management interface (C) does not directly connect to the Internet, you can configure a proxy server through which the appliance checks for patches.
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The Patch History table provides a history of patches that have been applied to the appliance.
See:
Patch update options
Patch history
Best practices for appliance patches
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A new appliance at your site should immediately be patched to the latest version.
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Keep all V-Series appliances on your network at the same version.
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Install software patches as soon as they become available.
Patch process for appliances
Patch discovery is performed automatically every 24 hours at a random time, or manually with the Check for Patches button.
Patch download and installation is initiated manually by the appliance administrator.
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Use the Administration > Patches / Hotfixes page to download and install each patch on the appliance, during a low-activity period on your network.
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Install patches in consecutive sequence.
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On the Patches page, the "Appliance current version" number is the current appliance version (reflects the latest patch installed).
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Be sure that all Websense modules running off the appliance, such as Log Server, are upgraded to the appropriate level each time you patch the appliance. See the patch release notes for details
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The online V-Series Compatibility Matrix shows a table of the Websense software module versions that are compatible with each appliance version.
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Multiple appliances may be installed in your network. However, they must all be running the same version of Websense software modules. Websense, Inc., does not support running different versions of the software on different appliances on one network. Analysis results are not expected to be consistent in that scenario.

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