topic Upgrade ASAV appliance in Network Security

Upgrade ASAV appliance

manvik — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:16:51 GMT

How can I upgrade ASAV10 to ASAV30 or ASAV50.

What are the steps involved in it.

Re: Upgrade ASAV appliance

Pulkit Saxena — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:43:07 GMT

Hi,

You can do this, by accordingly setting the throughput and feature tier.

An example can be :

ASAv1(config)# license smart
ASAv1(config-smart-lic)# feature tier standard
ASAv1(config-smart-lic)# throughput level 2G

You should be having reachability to the smart licensing server. Go through the document, to have a better understanding :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa93/configuration/general/asa-general-cli/intro-license-smart.html#14654

Pulkit

Re: Upgrade ASAV appliance

manvik — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:50:44 GMT

Thank You,

Does that mean;

1. Apply license in smart server

2. Change the throughput via CLI (same as of ASAv30 or ASAV50)

Re: Upgrade ASAV appliance

Marvin Rhoads — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:21:55 GMT

You may need to also adjust the CPU and memory settings for the VM (or machine type in public cloud).

For instance, details for upgrading the ASAv type in ESXi are documented here:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa913/asav/getting-started/asav-913-gsg/asav_vmware.html#id_45781

Re: Upgrade ASAV appliance

Pulkit Saxena — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:11:49 GMT

Hi,

As Marvin mentioned for every variant, accordingly you need to setup the CPU and memory settings from the parent VM and then the commands that I mentioned in my previous comment should suffice.

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Pulkit

Re: Upgrade ASAV appliance

CSCO12173237 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:04:58 GMT

The responses in this thread seems to conflict with the getting started guide which states: "It is not possible to change the resource allocation (memory, CPUs, disk space) of an ASAv instance once it is deployed. If you need to increase your resource allocations for any reason, for example to change your licensed entitlement from the ASAv30/2Gbps to the ASAv50/10Gbps, you need to create a new instance with the necessary resources." (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa914/asav/getting-started/asav-914-gsg/asav_intro.html)

Is it possible to change the resources without having any issues or do we actually have to rebuild the ASAv?