BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Upgrading Version 5.4 or 6.0 with a Data Collection Device Cluster to Version 6.0.1

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Manual : BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Upgrading Version 5.4 or 6.0 with a Data Collection Device Cluster to Version 6.0.1

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

6.0.1

Original Publication Date: 08/09/2018
Updated Date: 06/12/2020

Automated Upgrade Overview for BIG-IQ Version 5.4 or 6.0 with a Data Collection Device Cluster to Version 6.0.1

Upgrading BIG-IQ version 5.4 or 6.0 with a data collection device cluster to version 6.0.1

Summary of tasks to upgrade BIG-IQ version 5.4 or 6.0 and a DCD cluster to version 6.0.1

Preparing to Upgrade a BIG-IQ System with a Data Collection Device Cluster

What are the pre-upgrade tasks?

Download the BIG-IQ software image from F5 Networks

Upload the BIG-IQ software image

Upgrading a BIG-IQ System with a Data Collection Device Cluster

What are the upgrade steps?

Task overview for regular upgrade of BIG-IQ version 5.4 or 6.0.0 and a DCD cluster

Upgrade the primary BIG-IQ system and the DCD cluster to version 6.0.1

Upload the latest version of the software image to the secondary BIG-IQ

Manually upgrade the secondary BIG-IQ to version 6.0.1

Completing Post-Upgrade Tasks

What are the post-upgrade tasks?

Add the secondary BIG-IQ system to the primary BIG-IQ system

Re-discover devices and re-import services

Re-discover devices and re-import LTM, ASM, AFM, and DNS services in bulk using a script

Use a script to remove and recreate access groups in bulk for devices running APM services

Re-import access groups (without SWG data) from the user interface for devices running APM services

Remove and recreate access groups (with SWG data) from the user interface for devices running APM services