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Aug 21, 2016
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F5-BIG-VE-LAB-V13

Hi,   A little over 1 year ago, I purchased the BIG-VE-LAB-V13 product from CDW. At the time, it was confusing because there was not a v13. The version of the virtual appliance I installed was 11....
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    Aug 21, 2016

    Using it right now. v12.1 is covered by F5-BIG-VE-LAB-V13.

     

    Make sure you do not build new BigIP VMs, otherwise you will invalidate your license. If you rebuild, take hard copies of the BigIP VM Virtual Disk , and all files in the VM folder. Store them on a separate location for backup.

     

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Aug 21, 2016

Using it right now. v12.1 is covered by F5-BIG-VE-LAB-V13.

 

Make sure you do not build new BigIP VMs, otherwise you will invalidate your license. If you rebuild, take hard copies of the BigIP VM Virtual Disk , and all files in the VM folder. Store them on a separate location for backup.

 

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    Aug 21, 2016

    Awesome thanks!

     

    Is there not a way to deactivate the old VM that I setup?

     

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    Aug 21, 2016

    No such possibility exists. Do you have active support coverage? If yes, you can contact F5 with your concern

     

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    Aug 21, 2016

    I don't as it expired in Feb 2016. However, I am going to purchase another lab license, so I can practice with HA configurations. It's been awhile since I've touched the lab edition, and at work, I can't make many changes, so I really wanted to start over from scratch.

     

    Is there a way to revert the configuration to default, without losing the license info? That would be just as good.

     

    If not, I suppose once I get the new license, I can call support to ask

     

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    Aug 21, 2016

    Yep, if you don't absolutely need to set up on a new VM, it's best to just reset the BigIP configuration to factory defaults.

     

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    Aug 23, 2016

    Thank you Hannes!