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Aug 05, 2011

V9.2.1 to 10.2.1 active/passive

 

Hi fellows , I am planning to upgrade pair of bigIp LTM v9.2.1 to v10.2.1 setup in active/passive.

 

following are steps I consider to perform Please share me your thoughts if some point/step if missing or important to consider

 

1-Remove the passive unit from Active/Passive setup (HA is setup through serial cable).Disconnect it from active unit. Make sure all traffic still continue through active unit.

 

2- Copy the following files to /shared/images to passive unit :

 

-local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im

 

-local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im.md5

 

3- Start installation

 

4- After Installation, from the webGUI check the status of the virtual servers,

 

pools and pool members and check that the configuration includes any configured iRule,

 

SSL certificates and profiles those were present prior to the upgrade.

 

5- Copy the following files to /shared/images on same passive unit:

 

- BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso

 

- BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso.md5

 

6- Start installation

 

7- After Installation, from the webGUI check the status of the virtual servers, pools and pool members and

 

check that the configuration includes any configured iRule, SSL certificates and profiles that were present prior to the upgrade.

 

Once passive unit is upgraded with v10.2.1 replace it with Active unit. will check the flow

 

of traffic through v10.2.1 for some time if everything goes fine then we will repeat the above similar

 

steps for second unit (Active one) & after that we will setup both units in similar Active/Passive units.

 

Please confirm one question:

 

As unit contain two H.D1.1 & 1.2 Current software is install on H.D1.1, If I install new image on H.D1.2 and keep safe old image.Though this I can achieve dual software on single unit

 

H.D1.1= v9.2.1

 

H.D1.2= V10.2.1

 

Regards