
SonicWallSonicOS6.2
UpgradeGuide
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ObtainingtheLatestSonicOSFirmware
ToobtainanewSonicOSfirmwareimagefileforyourSonicWallsecurityappliance:
1Inabrowseronyourmanagementcomputer,logintoyourMySonicWallaccountat
https://www.mysonicwall.com/.
2InMySonicWall,clickDownloadsintheleftnavigationpanetodisplaytheDownloadCenterscreen.
3 SelectyourproductintheSoftwareTypedrop‐downlisttodisplayavailablefirmwareversions.
4Todownloadthefirmwaretoyourcomputer,clickthelinkforthefirmwareversionyouwant.Youcan
alsodownloadtheReleaseNotesandotherassociatedfilesinthesameway.
CreatingaSystemBackupandExporting
YourSettings
Beforebeginningtheupdateprocess,makeasystembackuponyourSonicWallappliance.
OnSonicWallNSAandSuperMassive9000seriesappliances,thebackupfeaturesavesacopyofthecurrent
systemstate,firmware,andconfigurationsettingsonyourappliance,protectingallyourexistingsettingsinthe
eventthatitbecomesnecessarytoreturntoapreviousconfigurationstate.
OnSonicWallTZseriesandSOHOWirelessappliances,youcancreateabackupofyourcurrentconfiguration
settingsontheappliance,tobeusedwiththecurrentfirmwareversionorwithanewlyuploadedfirmware
version.
Youcanalsoexporttheapplianceconfigurationsettingstoafileonyourlocalmanagementstation.Thisfile
servesasanexternalbackupoftheconfigurationsettings,andcanbeimportedintoanotherapplianceorinto
thesameapplianceifitisnecessarytorebootthefirmwarewithfactorydefaultsettings.
Tosaveasystembackuponyourapplianceandexportconfigurationsettingstoafileonyourlocal
managementstation:
1OntheSystem>Settingspage,dooneofthefollowing:
•OnaSuperMassiveorNSAappliance,clickCreateBackup.SonicOStakesa"snapshot"ofyour
currentsystemstate,firmware,andconfigurationpreferences,andmakesitthenewSystem
Backupfirmwareimage.ClickingCreateBackupoverwritestheexistingSystemBackupimage,if
any.TheSystemBackupentryisdisplayedintheFirmwareManagementtable.
•OnaTZorSOHOWappliance,clickCreateBackupSettings.SonicOSsavesasmallfileonthe
appliancewithallyourconfigurationsettings.Anypreviousbackupsettingsfileisoverwritten.
TheFirmwareManagementtabledisplaystheCurrentFirmwarewithBackupSettingsentry.
2Toexportyoursettingstoalocalfile,clickExportSettingsandthenclickExportinthepopupwindow
thatdisplaysthenameofthesavedfile.
NOTE:ADownloadbuttonisdisplayedintheFirmwareManagementtablefortheSystemBackupandthe
BackupSettingsfile.However,thedownloadedfilescannotbeimportedintoanotherappliance,norcan
theybeuploadedlikefirmware.UseExportSettingstosaveyourconfigurationsettingsforimportinto
anotherappliance.