F5 BIG-IP VE and Application Workloads Migration From VMware to Nutanix

Introduction Nutanix is a leading provider of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), which integrates storage, compute, networking, and virtualization into a unified, scalable, and easily managed sol...
Updated Apr 09, 2025
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adeelshahzad
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Apr 10, 2025

Hi Team,

Thank you for sharing the article. I have a similar requirement and I need your confirmation and little clarification.

Existing ESXI F5 VM version 15.1.10.2 has got obsolete so we are planning to create new VM on Nutanix and use the UCS file of Existing ESXI F5 VM to Nutanix VM. So need some clarification like we will be creating a new VM on Nutanix with latest version BIGIP-17.1.2.1-0.0.2.ALL.qcow2.zip so can we use Existing ESXI F5 VM UCS  which is on old version to new version which is on Nutanix. Or else, we can create a new VM on Nutanix with old version of  ESXI F5 VM and after upload the UCS then we can upgrade to new version 17.1.2. Please confirm and clarify. 

Really appreciated and Thanks.

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    Jennifer_Yeung
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    Apr 10, 2025

    Nutanix BIGIP-1 and Nutanix BIGIP-2, as mentioned in the recommended migration procedure in this article, are running with the same software version as VMware BIGIP-1 and VMware BIGIP-2, since config-sync is required in the process (Stage 2xii and Stage 5xii).  Thanks.