09-Nov-2020 17:06
What would be the best way to migrate the config of a hardware based LTM running 11.6.1 to a new virtual pair running 13.1, appears the F5 big ip migration assistant isnt working as its trying to license and already licensed virtual ltm. Also no luck trying to restore an archive as well. Any help would be appreciated.
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09-Nov-2020 23:54
Hi,
Take a look on theses links below, you will find tips :
https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/welcome-to-the-f5-big-ip-migration-assistant-29191
https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/migrating-to-iseries-from-older-platforms-its-about-time-25612
Regards
09-Nov-2020 23:54
Hi,
Take a look on theses links below, you will find tips :
https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/welcome-to-the-f5-big-ip-migration-assistant-29191
https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/migrating-to-iseries-from-older-platforms-its-about-time-25612
Regards
10-Nov-2020 03:11
10-Nov-2020 05:08
Yes, UCS archive 'platform-migrate' option is available started from version 12.1.3.
If you want to use f5-big-ip-migration-assistant, it's not mentioned that it is not compatible with Virtual Edition in the Github project FAQ.
in v11, Migration Assistant cannot generate UCS files on these BIG-IP versions, but you can generate a UCS file manually and import it to Migration Assistant (as long as the target version system is running at least v12.1).
Regards
10-Nov-2020 06:02
yes my problem with the migration assistant is its trying to license an already licensed LTM and failing, there is an option to unselect this but its grayed out.
10-Nov-2020
06:39
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04-Jun-2023
21:11
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JimmyPackets
Ok, dropped the idea of using the migration assistant.
Try instead to load your UCS on the Virtual Edition with the parameter no-platform-check
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14906
tmsh load sys ucs [ucs file name] no-platform-check
10-Nov-2020 06:42
Thanks Lidev since platform-migrate is supported that might be the easiest option to migrate the config.
10-Nov-2020 06:45
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13-Nov-2020 10:02
trying to do the platform migration option with the UCS and running into the following issues , here is my output of the command. Its trying to load lacp configs however theyre not supported on my virtual
admin@(drf5app01)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# load sys ucs drf5app01physical.ucs no-license platform-migrate
Replace all configuration on the system? (y/n) y
Processing UCS file: /var/local/ucs/drf5app01physical.ucs
Installing full UCS (11.6.3.1) data, excluding license file.
Extracting manifest: /var/local/ucs/drf5app01physical.ucs
Product : BIG-IP
Platform: UCS : C112
System: Z100
Version : UCS : 11.6.3.1
System: 13.1.3.4
Edition : UCS : Final
System: Point Release 4
Hostname: drf5app01.nypa.gov
Installing --full-- configuration on host drf5app01.nypa.gov
Installing configuration...
Running ucs_builtin_preprocess
Warning: The DB variables, PvaSynCookies.Virtual.ConnThresholdHigh and PvaSynCookies.Virtual.InvalidThreshold are obsoleted in 13.0.0. The configuration has been replaced by Dos.syncookiedeactivate.
ATTENTION REQUIRED:
Your previous configuration files have been archived, as listed
below. If you customized any settings in these files before
upgrading, you will need to manually restore those changes by
using the Configuration utility or Traffic Management Shell (tmsh).
Archiving /config/wa/pvsystem.dtd.11.6.3.1
Archiving /config/wa/pvsystem.conf.11.6.3.1
Archiving /config/wa/globalfragment.xml.11.6.3.1
Post-processing...
usermod: no changes
Reloading License and configuration - this may take a few minutes...
2020 Nov 13 12:53:55 drf5app01 logger: Re-starting snmpd
2020 Nov 13 12:54:06 drf5app01 load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all platform-migrate" - failed. -- Loading schema version: 11.6.3.1 Loading schema version: 13.1.3.4 01070712:3: Cannot get device index for Internal in rd0 - ioctl failed: No such device Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.
2020 Nov 13 12:54:08 drf5app01 load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all base " - failed. -- Loading schema version: 11.6.3.1 Loading schema version: 13.1.3.4 01070687:3: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is not supported on this platform. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.
Configuration loading error: base-config-load-failed
For additional details, please see messages in /var/log/ltm
WARNING: There were one or more errors detected during installation.
Check the error messages and take the proper actions if needed.
ERROR: UCS installation failed.
Operation aborted.
Unexpected Error: UCS loading process failed.