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sonu_kumar4
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Jan 20, 2018

software upgrade with VCMP guests

Hello Guys, Need your opinion and assistance on the following requirement.   Currently we have one BIGIP-LTM 5250 running with two VCMP guest with following software versions respectively. VCMP h...
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Surgeon
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Jan 20, 2018

K14088: vCMP host and compatible guest version matrix https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14088

 

Currently supported versions are: 13.1.0.2, 12.1.3 Final, 11.6.3 Final, 11.5.5 Final You can choose any which best suits your business needs. You can find more information regarding releases on askf5.com

 

HA is not supported on vCMP hosts, it has to be standalone device. You can configure HA only on guests.

 

If everything goes fine then service outage should be less then one min while HA fails over the active unit. However guest down time depend on configuration and may take around 10 min. Host down time depend on version you are gong to. Host upgrade may reboot device several times thou increasing downtime of the host to ~15-20 min.