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