ASA 5520 7.2 upgrade to 8.4

[joe.ho]

I am working on the ASA5520 upgrade from 7.2 to 8.4. The upgrade path shows I need to upgrade from 7.2 -> 8.0 ->8.2 ->8.4. First I added the 2Gb memory on the ASA. It accepted without issue. I tried both IOS 8.0(2) and 8.0(5) (I checked the download size are correct), they both give me the same warning when I upgrade the ASA with ASDM.

ASDM detected that following list of files are not valid files for boot configuration.

Are you sure you want to continue configuring these files?

disk:/asa802-k8.bin : Not a valid configuration file

Is this a common warning I can ignore or there is something wrong with the upgrade? Attach is the print screen. Any advice will be appreciated.

[Maykol Rojas]

Are you using the command boot config? Or boot system?

Mike

[joe.ho]

Good question. I am using ASDM. The warning message appears before it shows me the command.

Will there be any risk if I use CLI? Usually I use boot system in CLI.

[Maykol Rojas]

Hi,

No, there is no problem with that, actually, it would be better if you do it that way.

Let me know.

Mike

[joe.ho]

Thanks, I will try that.