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datago_205305
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Jun 16, 2015
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Upgrade production VIPRION to vCMP while updating from 10.2.4 to 11.4.1

Is there a recommended approach or SOL document for migrating from no vcmp to vcmp on a production VIPRION 2400 with two 2100 blades clustered in remote active/passive HA to an identical chassis AND ...
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  • Sec-Enabled_658's avatar
    Sec-Enabled_658
    Jun 24, 2015

    I would save off the UCS, upgrade and build out the configuration to a VCMP guest in the lab, then during the maintenance window, convert the viprion to vcmp and then load the prepped UCS on to a blank guest. There is quite a bit of legwork in this conversion so I don't think F5 has a guide for this. I have done this exact process via a PS engagement for some of my clients. The upgrade isn't hard, but the VCMP conversion process is where its gets tricky. Feel free to email me if you want more info.

     

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Sec-Enabled_658
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Jun 24, 2015

I would save off the UCS, upgrade and build out the configuration to a VCMP guest in the lab, then during the maintenance window, convert the viprion to vcmp and then load the prepped UCS on to a blank guest. There is quite a bit of legwork in this conversion so I don't think F5 has a guide for this. I have done this exact process via a PS engagement for some of my clients. The upgrade isn't hard, but the VCMP conversion process is where its gets tricky. Feel free to email me if you want more info.