Patrick_Brown_7
Aug 06, 2013Nimbostratus
9.4.8 to 10.2.4 upgrade (partitions vs volumes)
I need to upgrade a pair of 3400 boxes to 10.2.4 in the next week or two, It seems that 9.4.8 is end of life at the end of this month. I have partitions right now. Should I convert to volumes?
This is my plan assuming I convert to volumes.
- backup config i.e. ucs file (bigpipe config save /config.ucs)
- disconnect unit from pair
- re-activate license
- im BIGIP-10.2.4.577.0.iso
- image2disk --format=volumes BIGIP-10.2.4.577.0.iso
- reboot
- verify if config can be loaded properly. if there is any issue, u may run 'b load' which will display the error
Going to volumes means that I can't go back to 9.x if there is a problem. Right?
10.2.4 is the last image these boxes will ever see and we'll be swapping them out for new hardware by the end of the year.
Thanks,
Patrick