: Upgrading from 9.x to 10.1.0 is a major jump. Follow the Palo Alto upgrade path (e.g., 9.1 → 10.0 → 10.1). Skipping major versions will break configurations.
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Upon deployment, the VM requires a minimum of 2 CPUs and 5.5 GB of RAM (though 4 CPUs and 9 GB+ are recommended for production environments to handle logging and management overhead). Key Considerations Pa-vm-esx-10.1.0.ova
set deviceconfig system ip-address <IP_ADDRESS> netmask <NETMASK> default-gateway <GATEWAY_IP> : Upgrading from 9