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shaggy
Feb 09, 2015Nimbostratus
Unless recommended practices have changed since I last used vCMP - use the host to install the base image/hotfix upon initial deployment. all other upgrades (full release or hotfix) are then handled within the guest as if the guest was a non-virtual F5.
You can delete the base and HF images once you've installed them on a guest - they don't have to continue taking up disk space. You can use SCP to move image files between host/guest instead of uploading each image/hotfix file from a remote machine. in v11.6.0, vCMP guests can install images from the vCMP host (https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/vcmp-administration-viprion-11-6-0/8.html)
- Feb 09, 2015Good point regarding v11.6. I wasn´t aware of it since I currently support clients with vCMP on v11.2.1 and v11.5.1 only. +1 :)
- fubarSUSHIFeb 09, 2015Altocumulustyvm for your answers.