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Nimbostratusupgrade the F5 LTM
MVPIs the appliance in HA? Does it carry mission-critical applications? You will need to answer those questions and that will help you plan appropriately. When that is done, the following steps will help you.
a. Check hardware/software compatibility - This would help you check the software version your appliance is compatible with.
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K9476
b. Examine the upgrade paths from your current version and determine if you can upgrade directly.
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13845
c. Take a QKview of the device and upload it to iHealth.f5.com to determine if you need to make any changes to your configuration before the upgrade/update.
d. Read through the release notes of the software version you intend to upgrade/update to.
e. Download the upgrade iso file from downloads.f5.com
f. Take a UCS backup of the appliance and download it to your system. This is very helpful😃, it has helped me many times. It also helps if you take a snip of the current status of your virtual servers and pool members before the upgrade.
These are the steps I take before any upgrade/update, I hope you find them helpful.
- Nikoolayy1
Yup you are right as the same steps are specified in the article I provided that has a link to a great community article https://community.f5.com/t5/crowdsrc/7-steps-checklist-before-upgrading-your-f5-big-ip/ta-p/288234#U288234
