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Rick_Larimer_77
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Oct 20, 2015

Mixed code version configurations to migrate to v11.6

I’ve got 2 F5s with different versions of code and different configurations. The code versions are v.10.2.4 and v11.6. The v10 box has approx. 100 VIPs and the v11 has approx. 400 VIPs. I need to combine the configurations and migrate them to separate v11.6 HA Pair F5s already setup and licensed.

 

What’s the best way to accomplish this task?

 

My thoughts.

 

1) Use UCS from the single v11 F5 and load to the new HA pair.

 

2) Migrate necessary Certs and Keys from v11 to new HA pair.

 

3) From v10 F5, take VIPs and relevant configuration items from bigip.conf file

 

4) Convert configuration items from v10 syntax to v11 syntax

 

5) Add the converted configuration items to new HA pair

 

6) Migrate necessary Certs and Keys from v10 to new HA pair.

 

I'm not sure if step 4 can be completed easily, if at all.

 

Any comments are welcome.

 

5 Replies

  • I would first try to migrate the v10 config to your new HA pair, then do a scf merge from your v11 to the new HA pair.

     

    • Brad_Parker's avatar
      Brad_Parker
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      you can try restoring your v10 ucs on the new v11 using tmsh load /sys ucs (path to ucs) no-license no-platform-check
  • I would first try to migrate the v10 config to your new HA pair, then do a scf merge from your v11 to the new HA pair.

     

    • Brad_Parker_139's avatar
      Brad_Parker_139
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      you can try restoring your v10 ucs on the new v11 using tmsh load /sys ucs (path to ucs) no-license no-platform-check
  • What's the best way to migrate the v10 to the new v11 HA pair?

     

    Thanks for the quick reply.