R77 upgrade via CLI

This guide is for upgrading an existing Gaia check point device to R77, R77.10, or presumably R77.20. The source device can be R75.4x or above. In this example the firewall was R76.

commands run are in bold.

chkpfw:0]# clish chkpfw> add upgrade R77.10 package /var/log/download/Check_Point_R77.10_T1551_upg_WEBUI_and_SmartUpdate.Gaia.tgz

chkpfw> upgrade local R77.10 Extracting... [03:58:36] Start loading default params Performing products initialization... Done Would you like to save a snapshot of the system before upgrade (yes/no)? yes [03:58:41] Start snapshot creation Creating snapshot... Snapshot created successfully [04:06:28] Start verification You are about to start upgrade to R77.10 Gaia. Are you sure you want to continue (yes/no)? yes Performing products verification... Pre-upgrade verification finished successfully. Check the file /tmp/pre_upgrade_out.txt for more details. Done [04:07:20] Start pre upgrade Performing products pre upgrade... Done [04:07:21] Start loading platform params [04:07:21] Start kernel upgrade [04:07:40] Start OS upgrade INIT: version 2.86 reloading INIT: version 2.86 reloading [04:08:44] Start database upgrade [04:08:44] Start products upgrade Importing CP wrapper... Done Performing products upgrade... Done [04:11:46] Start post upgrade Performing products post upgrade... Done Post upgrade finished successfully Upgrade finished Type OK to reboot the machine. ok