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Visvesh_138292
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Nov 26, 2015

Is it possible to upgrade the vCMP guest without having to upgrade the Viprion host at the same time.

Can someone please help me on this.   I have a Viprion c2400 model.At the moment all Viprion guests and the Viprion host itself are BIG-IP 11.3.0 Build 3144.0 Hotfix HF8.   Is it possible to up...
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Nov 27, 2015

Yes, you can. In fact I started to upgrade several guests a couple days ago without upgrading the hosts.

 

You just have to upload (import) the ISO files (images and/or hotfix) to each guest, as I see your version is 11.3. I think starting on version 11.6 you can share ISO files from the Viprion chassis to its guests, so you wouldn't have to upload the file to each one.

 

Also be aware of your service check date, which you can see on your Viprion. If your service check date is missing or earlier to the License Check date of the version you are moving to, you will have to re-activate your license. Check this out:

 

SOL7727 - License activation may be required prior to a software upgrade for the BIG-IP or Enterprise Manager system

 

The procedure is quite simple: in System / Software Management, you will have to import the ISO files and install them into an empty HDD partition. Then, in "Boot locations" you have to select which partition you like the system to start from after next reboot (the change will cause the guest to restart).

 

If you have an HA pair, you can do it without affecting the service by upgrading the standby guest and then forcing a failover.