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tbutton_261326
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Apr 27, 2016
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How to add new GTM to existing synchronization group running older software version

I have a new GTM running 11.5.3 and two older ones running 10.2.3. I'm trying to add the new GTM to the existing synchronization group, however I keep getting this error:   iQuery connection to ...
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Apr 27, 2016

The second article is a little misleading. It will not work out of the box with different software versions, but it should add - Yes it's possible. You'll need to ensure the big3d daemons match, ie install the latest big3d daemon on the older units.

 

Check this article out, it should clarify things for you:

 

Overview of big3d version management

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/700/sol13703.html

 

You can then install big3d on the older systems with big3d_install

 

read about big3d_install and other related sync group scripts here:

 

Overview of the BIG-IP GTM big3d_install, bigip_add, and gtm_add utilities (11.x - 12.x)

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/300/sol13312.html

 

Overview of the BIG-IP GTM big3d_install, bigip_add, and gtm_add utilities (9.x - 10.x)

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/100/sol8195.html

 

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Austin_Geraci_3
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May 03, 2016
How'd you make out bud? Is your iquery communication good between the devices? You can use "iqdump" from the cli to ensure communication is good there. If you post the relative /var/log/ltm & /var/log/gtm output after you run gtm_add I can take a look. What error do you receive after you run the gtm_add script?