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Oct 09, 2013

tmsh on 10.2.1

Hi all,

 

We are planning to upgrade one of our Big IP LTM clusters,

 

Current:

 

Product BIG-IP Version 10.2.1 Build 511.0 Edition Hotfix HF3

 

We will upgrade to 11.2.1

 

We have another project planned to move the bigip.conf file from another BigIP LTM system running on Version 10.2.1, Build 511.0 Hotfix HF3 to this new upgraded 11.2.1 device. To reduce the risk, we will do the move manually by entering tmsh commands via cli. Question is if the tmsh syntax will change in the 11.2.1 version ? If it does, I will have to rewrite all my tmsh commands tested for 10.2.1.

 

Kind regards, Frederik

 

  • I'd suggest, with the availability of multiple volumes, that this is a highly time consuming and wasteful approach. Regarding v10 to 11 upgrades in general;

     

    Before you consider upgrading from v10 to v11 you should consider the following and change your configuration accordingly;

     

    •Replace the matchclass Command in any iRules with the class match Command.

     

    •Remove any global variable references using :: (double colon) or $:: as these are unnecessary in v10 and not supported in v11.

     

    •Note that Class/Data Group configuration formatting changes; you shouldn’t have to do anything but keep this in mind as a possible troubleshooting target.

     

    •Note that Node configuration formatting changes; you shouldn’t have to do anything but keep this in mind as a possible troubleshooting target, it seems to be a common cause of issues.

     

    •Ensure all service and protocol specifications in your configuration files use a port number, not a service name.

     

    •Anything configured in an Administrative Partition that doesn’t have the path specified in the v10 configuration files, needs that path to be specified in v11; edit your files as necessary.

     

    •The parent id command becomes parent name in v11 and may prevent the configuration from loading post upgrade