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Is BIG-IP VE TRIAL compatible with VMware Workstation 15 ?
This is my experience:
I was using the evaluation version Workstation 10 and BIG-IP VE TRIAL version 13.1.1
I had no issues.
My evaluation period for the Workstation 10 was over - I decided to purchase the license- I was redirected to download latest Workstation 15.
Initially the upgrade went well.... My linux vm worked ... However when I started the BIG-IP i was requested to upgrade my vm...hmmm.
Which I did .
I then started having issues .. the VM was not stable .... also I could no longer ping /communicate over the bridge NIC ( between the local machine and BIG-IP) .. They virtual nic ( hosts) seemed to be ok
Contacted Vmware - and started the process to downgrade from Workstation 15 back to Workstation 10.
I can now ping over the bridge local machine and BIG-IP.
I have not completed my testing ... BUT ... the configs that I had ( i two instances of BIG-IP) ... no longer works ... VMware gives me an error saying "that the configuration file xxxx.vmx was created by a VMware product that is incompatible with this version of VMware workstation"
It looks like when I upgraded to Workstation 15 my config files were modified and now are no longer compatible with lower version 10.... scary !!
This is a LAB in environment .. I can always recreate my config.... but what would happen in a Production Environment ???
Anyone have any comments to add ???
Sergio
- SERGIO_VALENTE
Nimbostratus
Hi Everyone,
Thanks to VMware tech ( plus I am new to VMware ) .. I was told that in the downgrade procedure I need to use the tab
Select the virtual machine and select VM > Manage > Change Hardware Compatibility.
This resolved the issue with Compatiblity of the configuration file - working now.
As for the version of VMWorkstation compatible with BIG-IP VE 13.1.1 ???
I found this article on F5
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K69120675
Unless I am mistaken ... but the version BIG-IP VE 13.1.1 is only compatible with VMworkstation 10 ????
Can someone confirm this please ...
Thanks,
Sergio
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