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Moe_Jartin
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Feb 27, 2014

What version is the virtual? If it is 11.2 or so you could just add the virtual and the two hardware devices all to the same cluster and then sync the config. Fail over to the hardware device and then remove and shutdown the VE.

 

I wouldn't do active/active unless there is some requirement forcing it.

 

Joe

 

  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Feb 28, 2014
    AFAIK you need 11.4 and above to have heterogenous platforms in a cluster. Might be mistaken on this so something to double check if you go down this route.
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    Moe_Jartin
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    Feb 28, 2014
    You are correct. You do have to have 11.4 or later for it to be supported by F5 but it works just fine in earlier versions. I have done it several times with different combinations. Diff hardware platforms, hardware and virtual, and even hardware and vCMP guest. It is a nice zero-downtime migration solution.
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    nathe
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    Feb 28, 2014
    good to know, thanks Joe.