Create new boot locations using partitions of hard disk

We have two F5 unit in Active/Standby and the active F5 is showing two partitions. But in Standby F5 unit I am seeing only one partition so I want to create another partition in Standby F5 unit and then will do version upgrade. Not sure how it was deleted.

for partition formatting scheme, i understand it is not displayed if no software is installed but it is there.

so how can i see it or how to create another partition i.e. HD1.3? The aim is to install the new software image in HD1.1 or HD1.3 so that an any time I can rolled back to v9.4.8 installed in HD1.1 by using switchboot command.

Thanks Somnath

so how can i see it or how to create another partition i.e. HD1.3?

i understand partition disk formatting scheme has only 2 slots (i.e. HD1.1 and HD1.2). if you want more, you have to use volume disk formatting scheme.

how can i see HD1.1 or create? Can you please provide the details, commands?

how can i see HD1.1 or create? Can you please provide the details, commands?

you mean volume disk formatting scheme, don't you? there is create-volume option when installing.

e.g.

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) show sys soft

---------------------------------------------------
Sys::Software Status
Volume  Product  Version    Build  Active    Status
---------------------------------------------------
HD1.1    BIG-IP   11.5.0  0.0.221      no  complete
HD1.2    BIG-IP   11.5.1  0.0.110     yes  complete
HD1.3      none     none     none      no  complete

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) install sys software image BIGIP-11.5.1.0.0.110.iso volume HD1.4 ?
Options:
  create-volume  Create the volume specified by the volume property
  reboot         Reboot the system

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) install sys software image BIGIP-11.5.1.0.0.110.iso volume HD1.4 create-volume

for partition disk formatting scheme, i understand you would see both HD1.1 and HD1.2 when installing software/hotfix (i.e. im command).

yes, you are correct I would like to see both HD1.1 and HD1.2 when installing software/hotfix but I have checked the commands and these are not working.

[som@NUL-DYOD-DMZ-F5-1:Standby] ~ show sys soft -bash: show: command not found

[somnath@NUL-PROD-DMZ-F5-1:Standby] ~ b sys soft BIGpipe parsing error: 012e0008:3: The requested command (sys soft) is invalid

yes, you are correct I would like to see both HD1.1 and HD1.2 when installing software/hotfix but I have checked the commands and these are not working.

don't you see both HD1.1 and HD1.2 when running im command?

tmsh command i used is for volume disk formatting scheme.

how can I go to bash prompt to run "show sys soft" this command?

I am getting this error-

[somnath@NUL-PROD-DMZ-F5-1:Standby] ~ !/bin/bash /bin/bash [somnath@NUL-PROD-DMZ-F5-1:Standby] ~ tmsh bash: tmsh: command not found [somnath@NUL-PROD-DMZ-F5-1:Standby] ~

[somnath@NUL-PROD-DMZ-F5-1:Standby] ~ tmsh bash: tmsh: command not found

my F5 box is running on 9.4.8, can you please give me the steps/command to go to bash & tmsh prompt?