Difference between revisions of "Performing an upgrade"

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Upgrade procedure covering HA units:

reactivate license on System - License - Re-activate

tmsh show /sys license detail

Test both admin/root passwords

Commit/Save configuration

 tmsh save sys config

Save a UCS backup file

 tmsh save sys ucs $(echo $HOSTNAME | cut -d'.' -f1)-$(date +%H%M-%m%d%y)

Generate qkviw via System - Support

Upload qkview to F5 iHealth

Import new software image via System - Software management - Image list

Disable ConfigSync

 tmsh cm modify device-group <device_group> auto-sync

Set the Force Offline option on standby unit

Upgrade standby into a new volume (name will be appended to HD name) via System - Software management - Image list - Install

Select (activate) the boot location of the newly installed software as active and reboot standby

If you run out of disk space (VE only allows 2 partitions), run this command from TMOS:

delete sys software volume HD1.1

After boot, unset the Force Offline option

Use network failover to make standby as primary

tmsh run sys failover standby

Set the Force Offline option on other node Device management - Device - Self

Upgrade former primary via System - Software management - Image list - Install

Select (activate) the boot location of the newly installed software as active and reboot standby

After boot, unset the Force Offline option

Validate configuration / version / license / traffic