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Jim_97242
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Jun 28, 2012

Upgrading BIG-IP LTM active/standby pair

We have 2 3600 units in an active/standby pair. They are currently running 10.2.4 ad we are upgrading to 11.2. I've read the upgrading active/standby pair document and for the most part everything ...
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nitass
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Jun 28, 2012
After I upgrade the standby unit, will it automatically try to become the active unit?i understand it will go active after upgrading since failover configuration is totally different between v10 and v11.

 

 

i understand upgrading from v10 to v11 would have downtime. if i were you, i would disconnect standby unit from network and do upgrade. then disconnect active (v10) unit from network and connect v11 unit to network and test. if everything is going well, i would do upgrade active (v10) unit and finally connect it back to network.