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kashif514
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May 28, 2025

Upgrading BIG-IP VE from version 14.x to 16.x

Hello,   As our BIG-IP is in oracle cloud VM and our bigip is running  14.1.5.6V and we need to upgrade 16.x.x .kindly need your support and suggetion how to upgrade as im little bit new for upgrad...
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Aswin_mk
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May 28, 2025

Hello,

 

When you plan for an upgrade to BIG-IP 16.x, F5 recommends that you reference the following prerequisites and related information:

  • You must be running BIG-IP 14.x through 16.x to upgrade to BIG-IP 16.x. - So you are fine to upgrade
  • For installation instructions and information about upgrading to BIG-IP 16.x software, refer to the Important note at the beginning of this article. - adding below. 

 

Attaching link for upgrade process

 

Updating a BIG-IP VE Virtual Machine

 

BR
Aswin