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Sergio000_19532
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Apr 24, 2019

Recomendations to upgrade from 10.2.1 to 12.1.2

Hi guys, I have to perform an upgrade from 10.2.1 to 12.1.2 I already checked these links and also iHealth:

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K16220

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K67343162

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10817

 

bigpipe verify load

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-system-upgrading-software-12-0-0/3.html

 

Any suggestion please, In version 10.x you can't specify what config is used when rebooting into the new boot location, so it will use the active configuration from the boot location that you were using at that moment right?

 

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  • Surgeon's avatar
    Surgeon
    Ret. Employee
    Apr 25, 2019

    if you are using GTM, be sure you do intermediate update to 11.x 1st.

     

  • youssef1's avatar
    youssef1
    Icon for Cumulonimbus rankCumulonimbus
    Apr 25, 2019

    Hi,

    did you check this article:

    https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/big-ip-upgrades-part-1-preparation-27269

    Here a great procedure for upgrading from 10.x to 11.x:

    https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/04/upgrade-big-ip-f5-ltm/

    Additional point, if you want to specify which version must be running after reboot enter the following command:

    switchboot -l
    will show you (Current boot image / Default boot image / Available boot image)

    and 

    switchboot
    alone will allow you to select default boot.

    keep me in touch if you need more details.

    regards

  • Kai_Wilke's avatar
    Kai_Wilke
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    Apr 25, 2019

    Hi Sergio000,

     

    An automatic config mirgration from 10.2.1 to 12.1.2 is a huge step because F5 has changed a lot of stuff since then. Personally I would prefer to rebuild the setup from scratch using partial tmsh export/imports. The result is much cleaner...

     

    Just my 2 cents... ;-)

     

    Cheers, Kai