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F5-Toronto_1388
Nimbostratus
Nimbostratushow to upgrade to hotfix on Big F5 11.3
hello all:
We have two units, in Active and Standby configuration running 11.3 Hotfix 3. We need to upgrade to HotFix 8. What is the best way of doing the upgrades with out causing any service i...
nathe
Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusHi F5-Toronto,
So you're right, upgrade the standby to HF8, reboot into this new s\w environment. Once you're happy then you can failover from active to upgraded standby.
Considerations re service impact. First thing - do you virtual servers have persistence and/or connection mirroring enabled? If so then failing over to the Standby should keep all connections open and any persistent entries consistent across the two appliances.
That being said - I'd always failover in a maintenance window just in case.
Hope this helps - I'm sure other Devcentralers will be able to add further thoughts.
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