Software Upgrade Plan Question - Relate with cpcfg command
We planning to upgrade our LTM from version 11.6.1 HF1 to 11.6.2 HF1 , we going to follow this below procedure, Do we really need "cpcfg --source=HD1.2 HD1.3" before the upgrade?.
Because the reason why asking earlier we had an "loss config" issue after upgrade So, earlier F5 support recommended to use cpcfg command to copy the config to the new boot location before upgrade.
I understood this needs to done before upgrade, is this needs to do before reactivate the license as well?
Download software version 11.6.2 from F5’s website 1.1Download file from URL ‘https://downloads.f5.com/esd/product.jsp?sw=BIG-IP&pro=big-ip_v11.x&ver=11.6.2’. 1.2Copy image to the directory ‘/shared/images’
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Backup F5 configuration 2.1System > Archives > Create… 2.2Save file locally by downloading it clicking on the file name and then ‘Download’
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Re-activate license 3.1System > License > Re-Activate… 3.2Copy dossier 3.3Access website ‘https://activate.f5.com/license/index.jsp’, then go to ‘Activate License’. Paste the dossier and press ‘next’. 3.4Copy the license provided 3.5System > License > Re-Activate.. Paste it into the ‘License’ field 3.6Run the command ‘show system license’ on the TMOS CLI, and verify if the ‘Service Check Date’ is the current date.
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Install Software 4.1Force device to offline System > High Availability > Redundancy > Force Offline Device Management ›› Devices ›› F5 device Self
4.2Verify which Boot Location is inactive. System > Software Management > Boot Locations 4.3Install ISO on the inactive boot location 4.4Change the boot location where the ISO was installed to be active