FireCluster Upgrade, Downgrade, Backup, Restore, and Migration

Applies To: Locally-managed Fireboxes This topic applies to Fireboxes you configure in Policy Manager or Fireware Web UI.

WatchGuard periodically distributes upgrades for Fireware and WatchGuard System Manager. To keep your network secure, WatchGuard recommends that you install the latest available versions of Fireware and WatchGuard System Manager for your FireCluster. If you use WatchGuard System Manager to manage your Firebox, you must upgrade WatchGuard System Manager before you upgrade the Fireboxes it manages.

In Fireware v12.2.1 or higher, a backup image is saved automatically when you upgrade the Fireware version for a FireCluster. In Fireware v12.2 and lower, we recommend that you save a backup image before you upgrade a FireCluster.

For more information about upgrades, downgrades, backup images, and migrations, go to:

• Upgrade Fireware for a FireCluster
• Downgrade Fireware Version for a FireCluster
• Create a FireCluster Backup Image
• Restore a FireCluster Backup Image
• Move a FireCluster Configuration to a New Device Model

You cannot downgrade a Firebox to a version of Fireware lower than Fireware v12.1.3 Update 8, v12.5.9 Update 2, or v12.7.2 Update 2, based on your device model.