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Danny_Arroyo
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Mar 03, 2015

How do I upgrade my F5 from v10.2 to v11.4.1

I tried to do an upgrade of my bigip 1600 from v10.2 to v11.4.1. I used HD1.2 to load the base 11.4 iso then I upgraded it to v11.4.1 via hotfixes. I made HD1.2 the boot partition however the F5 di...
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Danny_Arroyo
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Mar 04, 2015

Yes I am familiar with the necessary steps for v11 device clustering. Ill Force the upgraded node offline and run through the clustering process.

 

However, don't I have to upgrade the other node to v11 before I re-create the cluster?

 

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StephanManthey
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Mar 04, 2015
Hi Danny, v10 and v11 cannot run in a device cluster. It would be necessary to upgrade it to v11 and establish the cluster. Both machines have to be on same hotfix level: 1. define local sync, failover and mirroring addresses on both machines in device settings. 2. verify connectivity between both units on the failover network (port lockdown in "allow default" - that´s why I prefer a dedicated VLAN 3. have specific device certificates for both machines (not mandatory but that´s best practice) 4. configure the remote peer on one machine in the device trust settings 5. verify both machines are listed on each device including the TMOS version in description 6. configure device group on one machine (select "sync-failover", "network failover" and get both devices into the new device group) 7. now you should be ready for the initial sync Make sure to configure ha-group settings according to your failover criteria. Thanks, Stephan