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Miroslav_125359
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Jan 17, 2013

TMSH upgrade from 10.2.4 to 11.3.0 fails

 

Hi,

 

 

I'm trying to upgrade LTM 3600 from 10.2.4 to 11.3.0 using tmsh, but it fails:

 

 

 

[root@f5-2:Standby] images tmsh

 

root@f5-2(Standby)(tmos) show sys software status

 

 

Sys::Software Status

 

Volume Product Version Build Active Status

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

CF1.1 none none none no complete

 

CF1.2 none none none no complete

 

HD1.1 BIG-IP 10.2.4 732.0 yes complete

 

HD1.2 BIG-IP 10.2.4 577.0 no complete

 

 

root@f5-2(Standby)(tmos) install sys software image BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso volume HD1.2

 

root@f5-2(Standby)(tmos) show sys software status

 

 

Sys::Software Status

 

Volume Product Version Build Active Status

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CF1.1 none none none no complete

 

CF1.2 none none none no complete

 

HD1.1 BIG-IP 10.2.4 732.0 yes complete

 

HD1.2 BIG-IP 11.3.0 2806.0 no failed (Can't find requested disk HD1.)

 

 

root@f5-2(Standby)(tmos)

 

 

 

 

ISO image is in place and md5 checksum is ok.

 

 

[root@f5-2:Standby] images ls -la BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso

 

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1379663872 Jan 17 11:01 BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso

 

[root@f5-2:Standby] images md5sum BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso

 

2e44d68102d3aeaae2b2cc52be5743b8 BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso

 

[root@f5-2:Standby] images cat BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso.md5

 

2e44d68102d3aeaae2b2cc52be5743b8 BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso

 

[root@f5-2:Standby] images

 

 

Am I doing something wrong?

 

I did't try to upgrade using web ui, because at the moment I'm ~10000 km away from f5 box with no so fast Internet link and uploading 1.3 GB ISO image would take ages. :)

 

I'm stuck with this and I would appreciate if someone could help with this puzzle.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Miroslav

 

 

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  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Jan 17, 2013
    Miroslav,

     

     

    From a quick glance it looks ok. What about if you delete volume 1.2 and then try running the command? It should create a new volume at the same time as installing the software.

     

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    N
  • Miroslav_125359's avatar
    Miroslav_125359
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    Jan 17, 2013
    Nathan,

     

     

    thank you for reply.

     

    I've already tried to delete volume HD1.2 and create new one and it didn't help.
  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Jan 17, 2013
    Miroslav,

     

     

    Any more info in this file - /var/log/liveinstall.log

     

     

    What about if you try using the create-volume switch (if HD1.2 doesn't exist) : tmsh install sys software image create-volume volume

     

     

    N
  • Miroslav_125359's avatar
    Miroslav_125359
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    Jan 17, 2013

    Nathan,

     

    that looks like incomplete command. First I got compains about image, so I added ISO image name:

     

    tmsh install sys software image BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso create-volume volume HD1.2

     

    but then it complains about "create-volume" switch, like it's not valid switch.

     

    Have you ever upgrade to 11.3.0? I have problem with that version only. Just tried to install 10.2.4 on same volume (HD1.2) and it installs without any problem, so it has to be something with 11.3.0.

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    Miroslav

     

  • Miroslav_125359's avatar
    Miroslav_125359
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    Jan 17, 2013
    I've solved it. It looks like something was wrong with volumes, so I formated disk and installed fresh 10.2.4:

     

     

    image2disk --format=volumes BIGIP-10.2.4.577.0.iso

     

     

    After that

     

     

    tmsh install sys software image BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.iso volume HD1.2

     

     

    works.

     

     

    Thanks for help!

     

     

    Cheers,

     

    Miroslav

     

  • antienho_01_141's avatar
    antienho_01_141
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    Sep 29, 2014

    run into same option error with "create-volume"... looks like it is not a valid switch. however the "volume" switch did work for me.

     

    Thanks

     

    Antien Ho

     

  • Alb3's avatar
    Alb3
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    Oct 07, 2014

    i've the same issue, but i can't format ALL the appliance and i start from 10.2.1 to 11.4.1 .

     

    The command " image2disk --instslot=HD1.1 --format=volumes BIGIP-11.4.1.608.0.iso " not work, it display an error as "Terminal error: You cannot specify the target location when using the format option. "

     

    Can anyone help me?

     

    Thanks, -AB

     

  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Oct 07, 2014

    i've the same issue, but i can't format ALL the appliance and i start from 10.2.1 to 11.4.1 .

     

    are you using partition or volume disk formatting scheme? if partition, you have to format to volume. when formatting, it will format whole hard disk.

     

    sol10817: Determining the disk-formatting scheme used by a BIG-IP version 10.x system

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/800/sol10817.html

     

    to install 11.4.1 software, use software management in gui or tmsh command.

     

    Release Note: BIG-IP LTM and TMOS 11.4.1

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnote-ltm-11-4-1.html

     

  • Dan_123791's avatar
    Dan_123791
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    Oct 07, 2014

    Had a similar issue, may have been the same. Can't remember where i got the answer from but turned out the issue was loading the hotfix onto a box that already had 2 iso partitions.

     

    Made sure I deleted all but the one standby working partition, and the install was successful on partition 2. When I get back to the office will post my records