Make a single BIG-IP box into a HA pair?

All,

 

 

I've got an issue (probably not an issue for the people who know what they are doing), where I have now acquired 2 big-ip boxes of the exact same model and they have to made into a HA pair, now my problem is that 1 is up and running and the other needs to brought into the same config but in active/standby roles....

 

 

My question is, is this easy enough to do, is there documents/tutorials on what the best practises is? My knowledge of F5 BIG-IP products I would say is beginner/(low)intermediate...

 

 

Could I do it in LTM-VE first as a test scenario or does it have to be done on the boxes? Problem is the applications being run on the system are live and minimal downtime is paramount.

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Thomas.