Flex 200H - Dual partitions for upgrade

GiuseppeR
GiuseppeR Posts: 209  Master Member
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edited September 5 in Security

Hello everyone,

I needed to upgrade this firewall remotely:

And everything was OK:

But I see only one partition available for firmware test.

Wouldn't it be better to always have the double partition available?

An easy way to have also the "Standby" one instead of only "Running" one like I have on all other Flex/ATP series?

Thanks a lot

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  • PeterUK
    PeterUK Posts: 3,160  Guru Member
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    edited September 5 Answer ✓

    It does have dual partitions you just don't see it the upgrade will always be to standby.

    To see both run SSH
    edit running
    gui system standby-firmware-display true
    commit
    copy running startup

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  • PeterUK
    PeterUK Posts: 3,160  Guru Member
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    edited September 5 Answer ✓

    It does have dual partitions you just don't see it the upgrade will always be to standby.

    To see both run SSH
    edit running
    gui system standby-firmware-display true
    commit
    copy running startup

  • Zyxel_Kay
    Zyxel_Kay Posts: 867  Zyxel Employee
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    Hi @GiuseppeR

    As @PeterUK mentioned, the USG FLEX 200H does have dual partitions, even though only the "Running" partition is shown in the web GUI. The new firmware is uploaded to the "Standby" partition, and the device boots from there. This design simplifies the process and prevents confusion for some users.

    If you prefer to display the "Standby" partition in the web GUI, you can do so with a CLI command. Please refer to this FAQ article.

    Kay

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