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 Can I roll forward after a rollback of the image?

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John Gouw posted Wed October 22, 2025 08:19 AM

I want to know if I can switch installation image again after a rollback to previous firmware version. According the documentation only going to previous version is possible.

Background:
I installed firmware version 10.6.0.7 last week. I temporary want to roll back to 10.6.0.6. 

Idea:
Switch installation image so I am back on 10.6.0.6 as saved last week.
Do some testing....
Switch installation image so I am back on 10.6.0.7 as present on time of the switch above. 

Does this work and are there any caveats?

NOTE: 
Uploading files using REST management now fails for not existing files when using POST. This worked earlier. 

Ivan Heninger's profile image
Ivan Heninger posted Wed October 22, 2025 09:45 AM

Hi John,

Assuming you are not using container form, the top;co;fl;boot switch command flips back and forth between version N and N-1.  Install 10.6.0.7 and return to 10.6.0.6 using 'boot switch'.  To go back to 10.6.0.7 'boot switch' once more.  Each time you 'boot switch' it will flip back and forth between .6 and .7. 
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/datapower-gateway/10.6.x?topic=commands-boot-switch

You will have .6 and .7 in place until your next update.  If you want to preserve the N-1(10.6.0.6) version during next update, say 10.6.0.8, do the update from the N-1 side and when complete you can 'boot switch' back and forth between 10.6.0.8 and 10.6.0.6.

If you are using container form, edit the image: tag in the datapower service or, if APIC is present, edit the gateway service.  You can flip back and forth between any versions simply by editing the image tag.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/api-connect/10.0.8_lts?topic=subsystem-overriding-default-datapower-image-version-license

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