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dipta_03_149731
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Aug 24, 2016

I am planning to upgrade one of the VCMP guest F5 on a Host F5 and would like to know if I need to upgrade host F5 too.

I have a 7250 F5 Host device on which I have two VCMp guests created. One for Corporate and other for QA. I am planning to upgrade the QA F5 from BIG-IP 11.4.1 Build 675.0 Hotfix HF7 to 11.6 HF6. I w...
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dipta_03_149731
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Aug 25, 2016

So the service check date should be same as license date ? What should be the service check date for 11.6

 

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Aug 25, 2016

You should just reactive the licenses before upgrading. System > license > scroll down, click > re-activate > click Next (I usually pick manual but automatic works in most cases also)

 

Or there is a change after upgrading the config wont load because the license isnt activated.