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Viktor_Stärn_16
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Jun 30, 2015

Copy configuration from very old hardware/software to new hardware/software

Hi All!   I want to copy the configuration (minus device specific information, such as hostname, and information specific to the device location in the network topology, such as self IPs) running ...
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PeteWhite
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Jul 22, 2015

The configuration file format changed in v11 and there were some major changes. Unfortunately v9 doesn't run on a VE so you need some hardware so do this with. Within F5 PS we would load the old config onto a lab box, perform the upgrade and then load the config back onto the target box ( after reviewing config, etc ) My best suggestion is that you take an SCF backup ( and copy the SSL certs located in /config/ssl )

 

Load the SSL certs onto the new box with the same names as previously, manually edit the SCF to make it look correct and try to load it, or copy/paste the config in using tmsh command "load sys config merge from-terminal"

 

If you want to try the upgrade, you could break your failover pair and do it on the standby box. If it works OK, take a backup and restore it onto the new box, then restore the v9 box. Note: Be sure to read up on the partitions/volumes changes in v10 to ensure you can rollback.

 

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