Upgrade Virtual PSA5000V to PSA7000V

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Hello everybody,

We have a need to upgrade the PSA5000V on Azure VNET to PSA7000V. Since its a virtual appliance, can i apply the license and add additional CPU core to upgrade or will i need to setup on new virtual appliance and migrate the configuration?

Thanks

[rvandolson]

We've been told that you can upgrade in place.  You will have to reboot to add the necessary cores and memory, however.

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@rvandolson is right, adding PSA7000v license should convert the node from PSA5000v to PSA7000v, however you need to power down for adding the CPU cores and memory.

[victor.criado]

Could you confirm the order?

1- Powert off, CPU and RAM upgrade and 2- Licensing

or

1- Licensing and 2- Power off, CPu and RAM upgrade

regards!

[victor.criado]

Could you confirm the order?

1.Licensing - 2.Power off, cpu and ram upgrade

or

1. Power off, cpu and ram upgrade - 2. Licensing

regards!

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@victor.criado Both order will work just fine.

In my lab, I often follow 1) licensing, 2) power-off, 3) upgrade CPU and upgrade, 4) power-on.

[victor.criado]

Did you try it with a cluster? Is it mandatory break the cluster before the upgrade?

Regards.

[[email protected]]

I have not tried with cluster setup, but the results will be same. We don't need to break or delete the cluster.

[zanyterp]

for a standard OS upgrade, you do not need to break & form the cluster
for changing the "hardware" type, you may need to as you cannot have different hardware, physical or virtual, in a cluster. you may be able to do it without…but I would plan on needing to break and form the cluster again.