LTM VE 10.2 Hotfix Best Practices

Skuba:

 

 

Updates can be applied to BIG-IP VE with a package known as a hotfix.

 

 

Since the VE disk is pre-created and designed to be as svelte as possible, the base version iso image is left out. The trade off for having a lighter weight deployment is that updates have an extra task of importing an iso image onto the VE before the hotfix can be applied.

 

 

 

Here's the BIG-IP 10.x hotfix solution guide:

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/000/sol10025.html

 

 

Here's a Solution Guide on the topic of importing a base version iso image before installing a Hotfix:

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/100/sol12126.html?sr=10870313

 

 

 

 

Thanks qe, that's reassuring

That is standard operating procedure, and worked like a charm.