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Aug 17, 2012

upgrading LTM 10.2 to 11.2. No Objects found in Network Map

Hi all,

 

 

This is my first time attempting to upgrade the version of our LTM. We currently run 10.2 on 2 of 3 partitions. I have installed 11.2 on partition 3 with no apparent issues. However, when I activate that partition I get a provioning message which I can get around by re-activating the license. No problem, but I cannot figure out how to get the config back.

 

 

I've followed various steps online including:

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/300/sol11318.htmlrestore_bigpipe

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13132.html

 

 

This is the output from running: load /sys ucs /var/local/ucs/PRE-11_2-BACKUP.ucs

 

Replace all configuration on the system? (y/n) y

 

Saving active configuration...

 

Current configuration backed up to /var/local/ucs/cs_backup.ucs.

 

Product : BIG-IP

 

Platform: Mercury

 

Version : UCS : 10.2.0

 

System: 11.2.0

 

Hostname: server.domain.co.uk

 

Installing --full-- configuration on host server.domain.co.uk

 

Installing configuration...

 

Installing ASM configuration...

 

Installing the license file...

 

ATTENTION REQUIRED:

 

Your previous configuration files have been archived, as listed

 

below. If you customized any settings in these files before

 

upgrading, you will need to manually restore those changes by

 

using the Configuration utility or Traffic Management Shell (tmsh).

 

Archiving /config/wa/globalfragment.xml.10.2.0

 

Archiving /config/wa/pvsystem.dtd.10.2.0

 

Archiving /config/wa/pvsystem.conf.10.2.0

 

Archiving /config/wa/transforms/common.zip.10.2.0

 

Post-processing...

 

Reloading License and configuration - this may take a few minutes...

 

Aug 17 08:16:09 server emerg mcpd[5048]: 0107070e:0: Software version not covered by service agreement. Reactivate license before continuing.

 

Aug 17 08:16:09 server emerg mcpd[5048]: 01070608:0: License is not operational (expired or digital signature does not match contents).

 

Configuration loading error: high-config-load-failed

 

For additional details, please see messages in /var/log/ltm

 

Loading ASM configuration...

 

Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/F5/SetActive/Impl.pm line 467.

 

 

WARNING: There were one or more errors detected during installation.

 

Check the error messages and take the proper actions if needed.

 

ERROR: UCS installation failed.

 

Operation aborted.

 

/tmp/configsync.spec: Error installing package

 

Config install aborted.

 

Unexpected Error: UCS loading process failed.

 

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Many thanks

 

Anthony

 

 

  • Hi Anthony,

     

     

    I'd boot back to the 10.2.x partition, re-activate the license, delete the non-working 11.x partition and upgrade to the blank slot. It's a requirement to re-activate the license before upgrading.

     

     

    Aaron
  • However, when I activate that partition I get a provioning message which I can get around by re-activating the license. No problem, but I cannot figure out how to get the config back.i understand v10 configuration is in /config/bigpipe directory. to convert v10 to v11 configuration, you may try "/usr/libexec/bigpipe daol" command. if there is any error, you have to fix it one by one.

    or you may restore v10 ucs again. since you already re-activated license, you may use "no-license" option when resstoring.

    root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) load sys ucs config.ucs no-license
    
  • Thanks both, I will give those options a go and report back with my outcome.