Flex 200H - Dual partitions for upgrade

GiuseppeR

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

PeterUK

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

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.

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/19244/how-to-display-the-standby-firmware-partition-on-gui

PeterUK

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

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.

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/19244/how-to-display-the-standby-firmware-partition-on-gui