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Thomas_McLean_9
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusMake a single BIG-IP box into a HA pair?
All,
I've got an issue (probably not an issue for the people who know what they are doing), where I have now acquired 2 big-ip boxes of the exact same model and they have to made into a HA pair, now my problem is that 1 is up and running and the other needs to brought into the same config but in active/standby roles....
My question is, is this easy enough to do, is there documents/tutorials on what the best practises is? My knowledge of F5 BIG-IP products I would say is beginner/(low)intermediate...
Could I do it in LTM-VE first as a test scenario or does it have to be done on the boxes? Problem is the applications being run on the system are live and minimal downtime is paramount.
Thanks,
Thomas.
3 Replies
- JRahm
Admin
It isn't really challenging at all, though should absolutely be done in a maintenance window.
Configuring High Availabilty 
hoolioCirrostratus
And other link:
sol8581: Creating a redundant pair by adding a second BIG-IP system to an existing system
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/500/sol8581.html
Aaron
Thomas_McLean_9Thanks for the links guys, phew, it actually doesn't seem too much of a nightmare to carry out as I first thought!
I have to say the BIG-IP documents are great but trying to find them is a nightmare, I honestly do believe the organisation of trying to find a suitable document is tiresome...
Thanks again for your time and effort!!
Have a good day!
Cheers!!
