BIG-IP Upgrades Part 1 - Preparation

Note: Most information contained in this article series has also been published on AskF5.com :    K84554955: Overview of BIG-IP system software upgrades - https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K845549...
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Jul 19, 2017

Precisely right, Harry. The best way I know to test an upgrade is to use a Development or Lab Big-IP (like the low-cost VE Lab License mentioned above) to import the old configuration. This way, the entirety of the Big-IP configuration can be tested with actual client traffic for a better representation.