Patch update options

Help | V-Series Appliance | Version 8.0.x

Available patches are listed in the Available patches table.

For each available patch, a version number, description, and status is given. There is also a link to the patch release notes.


	Important It is very important to read the release notes. In addition to a summary of changes contained in the patch, there is information about impacts to other modules and an estimate of the time it will take to apply the patch.

The following options are available:

Download

Click Download to start downloading an available patch. In the Status field, a progress bar displays the progress of the download.

Another patch can be selected, and the download initiated, while the first download is underway. Such requests form a sequential download queue.

When the patch download is complete:

The Download button is replaced by Install and Delete buttons. (See below.)

A Save to network location link is included after the patch description. Click the link to copy the patch file to another location on your network. This can be helpful if you have multiple appliances and do not want to download the patch from Websense separately for every appliance. Instead, on each appliance simply use the Upload Patch Manually function to upload the patch from the network location.

Pause

When a download is underway, a Pause button displays. Click Pause to temporarily halt the download.

Cancel

When a download is underway, a Cancel button displays. Click Cancel to end the download process.

Resume

When a patch download has been paused, a Resume button displays. Click Resume to continue a paused download.

Install

When a patch has been downloaded and verified (a checksum is performed as part of the download process), and is ready for installation, the Install button is enabled.

IMPORTANT: Before installing a patch, it is important that you read the patch release notes.

IMPORTANT: If Network Agent is temporarily disabled and you do not want to permanently disable it (which requires re-imaging the appliance to regain its use), you must re-enable Network Agent before installing the patch. See Re-enabling Network Agent before installing a patch.

Click Install to install the patch.

A series of pages prompt for confirmation and provide status. You are notified if a restart is required after installation. After the restart, the patch is removed from the patch queue and logged in the Patch History table.

The new appliance version number is reflected in the Appliance version field.

If an earlier patch has not been installed but is required, you receive a message in the Status column indicating which earlier patch is required, and the Install button for the dependent patch is disabled. Install the earlier patch first.

If a patch installation fails, any installed files from that patch are immediately uninstalled and a message displays indicating that the patch installation failed. You can try installing it again. If that fails, delete the patch, then download it again and re-attempt the installation.

Delete

Click Delete if you want to delete a patch.

Check for Patches

Click the Check for Patches button to manually check for new patches.

Upload Patch Manually

Click Upload Patch Manually to upload a patch from another location on your network. This can be a convenient and efficient method of distributing a patch among multiple appliances in a cluster or where multiple appliances have access to a local network.

For instructions on copying a patch file from an appliance to another location in the network, see the entry for Download, above.