BIG-IP Cluster Upgrade summary

Below is a quick summary for BIG-IP Cluster Upgrade 1- force-offline the standby unit 2- import the  new release 3- install the new release 4- reload after installation 5- online the standby u...
Published Apr 27, 2014
Version 1.0
application delivery
availability
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
cluster
education
financial services
government
health care
management
manufacturing
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StephanManthey
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Apr 29, 2014
ThanksMahmoud,

 

some additional thoughts from the field:

 

 

Study the release notes for known issues and changed behaviour and cross check with the own setup / environment.

 

 

Make sure to check the service date, refresh the license and create a backup archive before running the upgrade, please.

 

 

Verify settings for db keys (liveinstall.*):

 

 

tmsh list sys db liveinstall.*

 

 

Have a serial console attached (remaining in the default settings @19.200 8N1 or at least a configured AOM accessible via SSH).

 

In v11 you can easily monitor the failover state on the remaining unit by running:

 

 

watch -d -n 1 tmsh show cm traffic-group

 

 

Keep in mind to update EUD and AOM as well, please.

 

 

Have a plan for fallback.