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r23_78178
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusMy first BIG-IP upgrade
Hi guys/gals,
I have a change upgrading some LTMs from 10.2.0 to 10.2.3
I'm having a bit of issue wrapping my head around the concept and I don't want to mess this up. This is VERY important to my customer.
From what I understand I have to :
1.Copy the new image to /sharred/images
2.Check md5
2.Check partioning with "switchboot -l" and make sure i have a free partiton
3.If necessary make new partition with image2disk
4."b software" command to install a new image.
5.Boot new image as default
6.Reboot
What I still have issue with (if what I described above is correct) is how to do it on active/redundant pair ?
Do I have to check how they are peered i.e network/serial and turn of high-avalability during change because different BIG-IP versions don't support redundancy ?
If I do it on standby first how can I test to make sure it is ok before moving to the active ?
Any advice is welcome.
nitassEmployee
The virtual is a .ova file which I got running in Virtual Box. Only problem is I can;t upgrade it. I tried both the 10.2.3 .iso and .ova files but with no luck. I looked at a VE edition manual and it says to upgrade from 10 VE to 11 VE you need to download the .iso. I didn;t get that ,did you upload iso file to /shared/images and upgrade using webui, bigpipe or tmsh command?
r23_78178Forgot to add , I did this without a license.- r23_78178Okay , just discovered one more thing.
I have MD instead of HD volumes.
What sort of behavior should I expect ?
Can I just create a new volume , install on it and make it primary ?
I noticed there are issues to downgrading, i.e sol11414. What about upgrading ? Can I keep both new and old versions ? - nitassthis is procedure.
sol11215: Upgrading an active/standby BIG-IP high availability pair
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/200/sol11215.html
this is how to install software using command line.[root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b version|grep -iA 1 version BIG-IP Version 10.2.0 1707.0 Final Edition [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software SOFTWARE +-> SOFTWARE STATUS | Key Slot Product Version Build Active Status | MD1.1 0 BIG-IP 10.2.0 1707.0 yes complete | MD1.2 0 none none none no complete | MD1.3 0 none none none no complete [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software images SOFTWARE - Images: +-> SOFTWARE IMAGE "BIGIP-10.2.3.112.0.iso" | BIG-IP 10.2.3 Build 112.0 Size: 882 MB | Checksum: 53b2bf21a656c135d6de61f8e5fea660 verified | Build date: Fri Sep 30 00:04:48 PDT 2011 | Last modified: Fri Feb 10 06:22:11 PST 2012 [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software desired MD1.3 product BIG-IP version 10.2.3 build 112.0 [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software SOFTWARE +-> SOFTWARE STATUS | Key Slot Product Version Build Active Status | MD1.1 0 BIG-IP 10.2.0 1707.0 yes complete | MD1.2 0 none none none no complete | MD1.3 0 BIG-IP 10.2.3 112.0 no installing 0.000 pct [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software SOFTWARE +-> SOFTWARE STATUS | Key Slot Product Version Build Active Status | MD1.1 0 BIG-IP 10.2.0 1707.0 yes complete | MD1.2 0 none none none no complete | MD1.3 0 BIG-IP 10.2.3 112.0 no installing 45.000 pct [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software SOFTWARE +-> SOFTWARE STATUS | Key Slot Product Version Build Active Status | MD1.1 0 BIG-IP 10.2.0 1707.0 yes complete | MD1.2 0 none none none no complete | MD1.3 0 BIG-IP 10.2.3 112.0 no complete [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config b software desired MD1.3 active enable [root@B8900-R12-S34:Active] config Feb 10 06:30:02 local/B8900-R12-S34 emerg overdog[4612]: 01140043:0: Ha feature software_update reboot requested. - r23_78178@nitass
Thank you for your response.
I noticed sol11215 before , but I can't do Step 4 for Network Failover TMM (Temporarily set the Redundancy State Preference setting of both units to None.) I will upgrade the Standby and failover to the Standby , test and then do the active.
Also , do you need to configure volume mirroring in any way ? Or do I just create a new volume (mine MD1.1-1.3 are full with 10.2.0) and install as you did ? - nitassAlso , do you need to configure volume mirroring in any way ? Or do I just create a new volume (mine MD1.1-1.3 are full with 10.2.0) and install as you did ?hard disk mirroring is done automatically. what we have to do is to just install to an empty or a new slot. for example, when we run "b software desired MD1.4 product BIG-IP version 10.2.3 build 112.0", bigip will create MD1.4 on the fly and install 10.2.3 software for us.
by the way, the latest hotfix for 10.2.3 now is hotfix1. i suggest applying the latest hotfix if possible.
cheer! - r23_78178@nitass
Thank you :)
HOTFIX is not approved by the customer , so another time.
Remind me to buy you and Aaron/Hoolio a beer. - nitassyou are welcome. :D