topic Re: Upgrade process ACS in Network Access Control

Upgrade process ACS

jonasdiaz — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:34:16 GMT

Hello friends, I want to upgrade a ACS 5.0 to a 5.1 and then to the 5.2 version but in the upgrading instructions there's a command line that I don't get, it is:

acs patch install patch-name.tar.gpg repository repository-name

I don´t know what is this repository-name and if it is a repository that I need to create. I can download the files for the installation (The patch and the ADE upgrade) but I don't know how to place them into the ACS appliance ( if that's the case).

Thanks in advance.

Atte. Jonás Díaz

Re: Upgrade process ACS

Elly Bornstein — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:58:33 GMT

Upgrading from 5.0 -> 5.1 does not use the 'acs patch install' command it requires reimaging to a new version and restoring a backup from the previous version (you will have to do it twice to get to 5.2):

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.2/installation/guide/csacs_upg.html#wp1187611

So you will need to burn a couple DVDs and setup a repository on an FTP server so you can export your backups of your configuration. A repository can be setup via UI or CLI:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.0/user/guide/admin_operations.html#wp1053155

-Elly

Re: Upgrade process ACS

jonasdiaz — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:11:15 GMT

Thanks for your answer but the device is brand new, I don't have any data stored...So I assume I can just intall the 5.2 version on the appliance but what happens with my ACS license if I do the upgrade from the 5.0 to the 5.2 version?...I have not even added the license to the ACS 5.0. Will the 5.0 license work with the upraded 5.2 version?.

Thanks in advance

Atte. Jonas Díaz

Re: Upgrade process ACS

Elly Bornstein — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:16:19 GMT

Yep, you can re-image straight to 5.2 and set it up as if it were brand new.

Should be no issue applying a 5.0 license to 5.2.

Re: Upgrade process ACS

jonasdiaz — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:17:38 GMT

Thanks so much for your answer.

Atte. Jonás Díaz