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Nimbostratus

Aug 05, 2011

V9.2.1 to 10.2.1 active/passive

~~Hi fellows , I am planning to upgrade pair of bigIp LTM v9.2.1 to v10.2.1 setup in active/passive.~~

~~following are steps I consider to perform Please share me your thoughts if some point/step if missing or important to consider~~

~~1-Remove the passive unit from Active/Passive setup (HA is setup through serial cable).Disconnect it from active unit. Make sure all traffic still continue through active unit.~~

~~2- Copy the following files to /shared/images to passive unit :~~

~~-local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im~~

~~-local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im.md5~~

~~3- Start installation~~

~~4- After Installation, from the webGUI check the status of the virtual servers,~~

~~pools and pool members and check that the configuration includes any configured iRule,~~

~~SSL certificates and profiles those were present prior to the upgrade.~~

~~5- Copy the following files to /shared/images on same passive unit:~~

~~- BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso~~

~~- BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso.md5~~

~~6- Start installation~~

~~7- After Installation, from the webGUI check the status of the virtual servers, pools and pool members and~~

~~check that the configuration includes any configured iRule, SSL certificates and profiles that were present prior to the upgrade.~~

~~Once passive unit is upgraded with v10.2.1 replace it with Active unit. will check the flow~~

~~of traffic through v10.2.1 for some time if everything goes fine then we will repeat the above similar~~

~~steps for second unit (Active one) & after that we will setup both units in similar Active/Passive units.~~

~~Please confirm one question:~~

~~As unit contain two H.D1.1 & 1.2 Current software is install on H.D1.1, If I install new image on H.D1.2 and keep safe old image.Though this I can achieve dual software on single unit~~

~~H.D1.1= v9.2.1~~

~~H.D1.2= V10.2.1~~

~~Regards~~

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19 Replies

Anthony_Graber
Employee
Aug 05, 2011
In order to install 10.2.1 you will need to re-format because the v9 partition sizes are not big enough for v10 (this saves config). Here's an SOL about installing 9 and 10 on a partition formatted system: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/700/sol9745.html

If you don't _need_ to run v9 and v10 on the same device, you should probably just format to volumes (suggested) and just run v10 only.

When you unplug that serial cable, both of your devices are going to go active unless you have network failover configured. Regardless of that though, network failover is not compatible between those versions: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/000/sol9057.html
Nathan_Houck_65
Nimbostratus
Aug 05, 2011
One thing to watch out for issues with change in behaviors from version 9 to version 10. Here are two important ones that I know:

FTP Virtual Servers: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/400/sol11460.html?sr=15887966

HTTP 1.1 Monitors: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/600/sol10655.html?sr=15887910
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Nimbostratus
Aug 05, 2011
Many thanks , I will try first on our test box then will do live upgrade !!!!!!!!!
JRahm
Admin
Aug 05, 2011
if you have irules with datagroups (classes) there is a change between 9.x and 10.x that can potentially get you as well. Please read Colin's excellent article on the introduction of the class command for details:

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2309/v10--New-class-features-in-iRules.aspx Click Here
nitass
Employee
Aug 06, 2011
1. disconnect unit from pair

2. re-activate license

3. backup config i.e. ucs file

4. upgrade to 9.3.1

im local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im

5. verify if config can be loaded properly. if there is any issue, u may run b load which will display the error.

b load

6. backup config i.e. ucs file

7. upgrade to 10.2.1

im BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso

image2disk --format=volumes BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso

sol12561: Change in Behavior: The image2disk utility --instslot and --format options are now mutually exclusive

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/500/sol12561.html

8. verify if config can be loaded properly. if there is any issue, u may run b load which will display the error.

b load

as others mentioned, there are some change in behavior in 10.x, these are some.

sol9947: Change in Behavior: The Peer Management Address setting is required for BIG-IP version 10.x systems configured for network failover

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/900/sol9947.html

sol2167: Constructing HTTP requests for use with the HTTP or HTTPS application health monitor

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/2000/100/sol2167.html

9. backup config i.e. ucs file

for 9.2.1, i never installed 9.2.x on 10.x partition. pls feel free to test it.

sol7608: Choosing a partition scheme when upgrading BIG-IP software to version 9.3.1 or 9.4.2 through 9.4.8

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/600/sol7608.html

cheer!
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Nimbostratus
Aug 06, 2011
Thanks nitass ,i am getting above error when i tried to upgrade from 9.3.1

on step 7 , when I execute im BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0. ISO I receive following error

/usr/bin/upgrade_rpmdisk: line 12: /tmp/rpmdisk.Nqzvfk/bin/pre-upgrade: No such file or directory

I have already copied BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0 to shared/images folder. And when I run image2disk command I received -bash: image2disk: command not found

I have also test the command image2disk on one unit running 10.2.1 it successfully run test back out procedure

Any thoughts.?

Thanks
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Nimbostratus
Aug 06, 2011

~~[root@~~abcuk~~:Active] images ls~~

~~BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso local-install-9.3.1.37.1.im~~

~~[root@abcuk:Active] images im BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso~~

~~/usr/bin/upgrade_rpmdisk: line 12: /tmp/rpmdisk.7UAPxA/bin/pre-upgrade: No such file or directory~~

~~[root@abcuk:Active] images~~

~~Any thoughts on this error ?~~

~~Many thanks~~
nitass
Employee
Aug 07, 2011
is the iso file corrupted?

is its md5 correct?

cheer!
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Nimbostratus
Aug 09, 2011
I found this error as CR116950 which is later on fix but not sure why not working for 10.2.1 anyhow I replace it with BIGIP-10.2.2.763.3 which is working . every thing went well but strange Initially I am able to logged in as default password. but once I restart the hardware admin password is working on default while root password is not working as default so I change the root password ( mount -a ) following procedure save successfully but nor working :( drive me crazy :(
nitass
Employee
Aug 09, 2011
have u tried password which is used in 9.2.1? i understand it should be rolled forward to 10.2.2.

anyway, if it doesn't work. since admin user works, why won't u change root password via webui i.e. system->platform?

about CR116950, i understand it's on v9 iso file but u r using v10 iso file. anyway, glad to hear it worked fine in 10.2.2. :-)