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Skuba_85554
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Feb 22, 2010

system rebuild advice

hi     we have an old unit that we use for testing that's been playing up a bit lately, so i'd like to rebuild it. the thing is although i've installed new systems and performed upgrades, i...
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hoolio
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Feb 23, 2010
I'd suggest saving the bigip.license file and a UCS off the unit and then going through any of the installation methods from the 9.1.2 release notes:

 

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnotes9_1_2.htmlinstall

 

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https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/local_9_1_2.html

 

 

The simplest option would probably be to run copy the .im file to the unit and run the installation using the im command. This won't wipe the /shared/ partition, but will clear everything else. If you get an error about the version you're installing being the same as what's installed, you can use the im -forceall flag.

 

 

Aaron