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Beginner-T
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Nov 06, 2023

About changes in default values during a major version upgrade.

Dear ALL Our BIG-IP is currently on v12, and we are planning to replace it with v17.1, with the intention of retaining all configurations. However, due to this major version upgrade, we anticipate t...
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Thank you for the reply.

Of course. I knew the professional service, but due to the cost issue, we need to configure it ourselfs.

This time, we plan to replace the hardware with the new R series.

So when we change from v12 to v17.1, we want to know which features have been added, removed, or the default settings have been changed.

For example, the Platform of R-series was changed to Kubernetes etc..

Thank you for in advance.

 

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boneyard
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Nov 13, 2023

I don't believe there is one such document. whisperer points some things out.

You can go through the release notes of the major version 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, 13.1, ... which will mention many of the changes. But if that is enough for you, not sure.

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    whisperer
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    Nov 13, 2023

    You know, Iv been working with F5 since v4.5 and I never really considering many of these issues. Simply too much to consider! More important I think, is having a good test environment, and knowing your applications. One needs to line up an appropriate test plan and have all stakeholders held to the fire in both pre and post upgrade app testing and sign out. Also, always have a revert path to reboot back into the old volume! I think the approach the OP is taking is quite flawed and not setting up anyone for success.