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dstogsdill_2492
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Jun 09, 2009

Add a new F5 GTM to existing infrastructure

I have an existing F5 GTM in production running as a single unit. I have a new unit and need to configure the new and existing units as an active/active redundant pair. I believe I have the correct steps to configure this setup but I wanted to throw this out there in case I'm missing something or if someone has run into problems doing this.

 

 

Steps for existing Unit

 

- Go to System -> Platform and change the High Availability option to Redundant Pair

 

- Go to System -> High Availability and configure options for HA including redundancy state, fail over type, down-time on

 

fail over, and mirror address

 

 

Steps for new Unit

 

- Connect to network

 

- Run gtm_add

 

- Run big3d_install

 

- Run the Configuration utility to configure HA Options

 

- Synchronize configuration from existing unit

 

 

 

I would just like to know if I'm missing anything or if you have any advice for a smooth install.

 

Thanks
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  • The_Bhattman's avatar
    The_Bhattman
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    Jun 10, 2009
    They way I have configured mine is that they are single units but followed the instructions to create a master slave for replication only. They are redundant in a sense they that they replicate their DNS records without being active/passive.

     

     

  • dstogsdill_2492's avatar
    dstogsdill_2492
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    Jun 10, 2009
    Thanks for the reply, however, that wont work in our environment. I did find a document on on AskF5 that more or less answered my question. In case anyone is pursuing a similar setup check out the following link.

     

     

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_gtm/manuals/product/bigipgtm9_4implementation/BIG_IP_9_4_GTM_LC_implementations_gd-11-1.html