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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.D1.2= V10.2.1
Regards
- Anthony_GraberEmployeeIn order to install 10.2.1 you will need to re-format because the v9 partition sizes are not big enough for v10 (this saves config). Here's an SOL about installing 9 and 10 on a partition formatted system: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/700/sol9745.html
- Nathan_Houck_65NimbostratusOne thing to watch out for issues with change in behaviors from version 9 to version 10. Here are two important ones that I know:
- insert12_38638NimbostratusMany thanks , I will try first on our test box then will do live upgrade !!!!!!!!!
- JRahmAdminif you have irules with datagroups (classes) there is a change between 9.x and 10.x that can potentially get you as well. Please read Colin's excellent article on the introduction of the class command for details:
- nitassEmployee1. disconnect unit from pair
- insert12_38638NimbostratusThanks nitass ,i am getting above error when i tried to upgrade from 9.3.1
- insert12_38638Nimbostratus
[root@abcuk:Active] images lsBIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im[root@abcuk:Active] images im BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso/usr/bin/upgrade_rpmdisk: line 12: /tmp/rpmdisk.7UAPxA/bin/pre-upgrade: No such file or directory[root@abcuk:Active] imagesAny thoughts on this error ?Many thanks - nitassEmployeeis the iso file corrupted?
- insert12_38638NimbostratusI found this error as CR116950 which is later on fix but not sure why not working for 10.2.1 anyhow I replace it with BIGIP-10.2.2.763.3 which is working . every thing went well but strange Initially I am able to logged in as default password. but once I restart the hardware admin password is working on default while root password is not working as default so I change the root password ( mount -a ) following procedure save successfully but nor working :( drive me crazy :(
- nitassEmployeehave u tried password which is used in 9.2.1? i understand it should be rolled forward to 10.2.2.
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