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I have 2 PIX 506's that are currently running v6.2(2) and I want to
upgrade them to v6.3(5). We have a Pix-Pix VPN established. Besides
making a backup of the configs, and having a backup copy of the OS, am I
going to run into any problems doing this? Will I need new encryption
keys, for instance?

Thanks.

John

"John" <> wrote in message
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>I have 2 PIX 506's that are currently running v6.2(2) and I want to upgrade
>them to v6.3(5). We have a Pix-Pix VPN established. Besides making a backup
>of the configs, and having a backup copy of the OS, am I going to run into
>any problems doing this? Will I need new encryption keys, for instance?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John

It should work just fine. I've just upgraded a Pix 506 from 6.3 (4) to
6.3(5) and that has a number of VPN's configured. Upgrade > reboot > all
good!

Chris.

Chris wrote:
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>>I have 2 PIX 506's that are currently running v6.2(2) and I want to upgrade
>>them to v6.3(5). We have a Pix-Pix VPN established. Besides making a backup
>>of the configs, and having a backup copy of the OS, am I going to run into
>>any problems doing this? Will I need new encryption keys, for instance?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John
>
>
> It should work just fine. I've just upgraded a Pix 506 from 6.3 (4) to
> 6.3(5) and that has a number of VPN's configured. Upgrade > reboot > all
> good!
>
> Chris.
>
>
Thanks. I'm going to be doing this over the weekend, and just wanted
confirmation that it was *supposed to be* that simple.

John

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> Chris wrote:
>> "John" <> wrote in message
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>>>I have 2 PIX 506's that are currently running v6.2(2) and I want to
>>>upgrade them to v6.3(5). We have a Pix-Pix VPN established. Besides
>>>making a backup of the configs, and having a backup copy of the OS, am I
>>>going to run into any problems doing this? Will I need new encryption
>>>keys, for instance?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>John
>>
>>
>> It should work just fine. I've just upgraded a Pix 506 from 6.3 (4) to
>> 6.3(5) and that has a number of VPN's configured. Upgrade > reboot > all
>> good!
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>>
> Thanks. I'm going to be doing this over the weekend, and just wanted
> confirmation that it was *supposed to be* that simple.
>
> John

Make sure you enable ssh on the outside interfaces incase the vpn does go
down so you can fix it. Also, make sure you do a write net for the
configs...not just copy and paste from your telnet sesion. When you wr net
you get all the VPN keys in clear text as opposed to the ****

I've upgraded at least 50 PIX 501's and 506's combined from various 6.2 ->
6.3 versions and 6.3.x to new 6.3.x versions, it's always the same thing
over and over again, just flash and reload. Never had one fail.

"John" <> wrote in message
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>I have 2 PIX 506's that are currently running v6.2(2) and I want to upgrade
>them to v6.3(5). We have a Pix-Pix VPN established. Besides making a backup
>of the configs, and having a backup copy of the OS, am I going to run into
>any problems doing this? Will I need new encryption keys, for instance?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John