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jblanc03_156148
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Jun 16, 2015

Need to Convert our LTM to VE

We have the following LTM:   BIG-IP 10.2.0 Build 1789.156 Engineering Hotfix HF2   Need to convert it to VE but we are running Vmware ESXi 5.5 - so this means the VE we will need to be at leas...
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Jun 17, 2015

You have a couple options. I would start with restoring the UCS to the newer version with the 'no-license' and no-platform-check' options. After load, ensure it actually loaded with a 'tmsh load sys config' and check for errors. I have seen this work multiple times between versions--even from 10 to 11.

 

If that doesn't work, you could try to upload a 10.2.0 ISO and hotfix to the VM and install to another partition and use switchboot to boot into that volume. Then load the UCS and upgrade to a third (or overwrite) to another volume.

 

Make sure interfaces are disabled at the VM level to avoid conflicts, especially if this is production...