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Jun 21, 2011

Upgrading services with no downtime

Can I upgrade the services being provided on a BIG-IP LTM without creating downtime for the client ?     I know you have to reboot after you register with a new key but what about just adding ne...
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Jun 23, 2011
@aaron aka hoolio

 

 

Yes , we may need to install new services without rebooting the machines. And we do have 10.x so it will probably work. Yes I know the policy for upgrading F5 machines but our customer might consider a simple reboot of a standby unit as "downtime" - so you see my problem.

 

Do we have to do it in CLI or GUI ?

 

Is there a guide to doing something that goes completely against F5 official recommendations ?