Hi Experts, I have been allocated a task of upgrading a c2400 chassis from 11.1 to 11.2. We are running vCMP with 4 guests on it as well. Can someone please direct me to a resource and steps etcs to do it.Any help would be appreciated. particlarly about re-activating licence etc Regards, Kishore

Hi. Detailed upgrade and installation instructions are always in the readme for the version youre installing. A simple upgrade is done either command line with install2disk or from the gui. The install goes to a new volume so you can boot, check the new version and if youre not happy, fallback by simply rebooting again to the old volume slot. The hypervisor is just another copy of bigip. It should upgrade just like a guest or standalone bigip, But of course you need to make sure all your guests are running their groups in standby. H

Oh. Reactivating he license is the same as any other license. Just follow the gui instructions from the license area.

Hamish, does the Hypervisor instance need to be upgraded to new version of code before the Guests get upgraded?

i was able to upgrade guest without upgrading host. so, finally host and guest are running different version i.e. guest is newer. i never upgraded host before but i think it could be fine.

HI Hamish and all, Thanks for the reply. This is the first time I am upgrading VIPRIONS. I was wondering if you can guide me to a link whereby I can follow a step by step task to upgrade and downgrade etc. and some other impoertant things i need to note whilst upgrade Appreciate your help on this Regards , Kishore

Licensing for VIPRION C2400 vCMP

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Josh_41258
Nimbostratus
Aug 05, 2013
Oh, 11.4.0 has more flexible vCMP resource allocation? F5 finally listened to me!

Josh
MickeyM_135861
Nimbostratus
Sep 03, 2014
Hi. I would like to upgrade a guest on a VIPRION and I have a similar question. Now, the installed version is 11.4.1 and I want to put 11.5.1. Service check date is older than the License check date so I have to relicense the VIPRION. What is the impact on the other guests when I re-license the VIPRION?

Thank you,
nitass
Employee
Sep 03, 2014
What is the impact on the other guests when I re-license the VIPRION?

i never tested but i understand vcmp guest has no impact.
- nitass
  Employee
  Sep 03, 2014
  if there is any issue, you may open a support case and refer to ID357623. ID357623 - On vCMP license expiry, guests are shut down automatically (deleted and then restored)
nitass_89166
Noctilucent
Sep 03, 2014
What is the impact on the other guests when I re-license the VIPRION?

i never tested but i understand vcmp guest has no impact.
- nitass_89166
  Noctilucent
  Sep 03, 2014
  if there is any issue, you may open a support case and refer to ID357623. ID357623 - On vCMP license expiry, guests are shut down automatically (deleted and then restored)
MickeyM_135861
Nimbostratus
Sep 04, 2014
Thanks for your reply. I will test today and I will see if there is any impact. Anyway, on this Viprion I have only standby guests, so no production impact is expected.
MickeyM_135861
Nimbostratus
Sep 04, 2014
I just finished the upgrade and it was without any impact. I had a continous ping on several self IP of some guests and I didn't lost any packet. I mention that the re-activation of the license was done on 11.4.1 HF2.

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