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Nimbostratus

Feb 14, 2008

Migrating v4.5 config to v9.4.3 BIG-IP

i am currently upgrading our BIG-IP's from v4.5 (3400) to v9.4.3 (6400). I need some advise on how to get the config from the v4.5 devices onto the new v9.4.3 devices. I have backed up the config file...

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hoolio

Cirrostratus

Feb 14, 2008

I think it was only in 9.4.2/9.4.3 that installing an older UCS was supported. I don't think it would be good to try installing a 9.0.x UCS on a 9.4.3 unit even if they were from the same platform. The format of the bigip.conf and bigip_base.conf files have change significantly between those versions. Also, if you're taking a UCS from a 540 platform and trying to install it on a 6400, I expect you will get errors about interfaces not being defined correctly in the bigip_base.conf as the physical ports and port numbers are different.

Overall, I think it would be cleaner and faster to just rebuild the 9.4.3 config from scratch.

Aaron