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Ashu_2116
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Aug 10, 2017

LTM Upgrade

Is it necessary to re-activate license every time you do IOS upgrade? I have two LTM 4200 boxes out of support and i want to upgrade them for testing. They are running on 11.6 and i want to go at 13....
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Jad_Tabbara__J1
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Aug 10, 2017

Hello,

 

It is not always necessary to re-activate the license.

 

To know if it is needed you should determine the "service check date" if it is older than the version release date you will need to re-activate it.

 

To determine the service check date connect via ssh and advanced shell:

 

grep -i "service check date" /config/bigip.license

 

I recommend you to check the following article that summarize in 7 steps the checklist before upgrading

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/codeshare/7-steps-checklist-before-upgrading-your-big-ip-1053

 

Hope it helps

 

Regards