Manual Chapter :
Preparing to Upgrade a BIG-IQ System with a 5.2 or 5.3 Data Collection Device Cluster
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 6.1.0
Preparing to Upgrade a BIG-IQ System with a 5.2 or 5.3 Data Collection Device Cluster
Tasks to complete before you start the upgrade process
Before upgrading F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management, complete these tasks.
Tasks | Additional information |
|---|---|
Deploy any staged configuration changes to
your managed devices. | Deploy configuration changes you have staged
for your devices. When addressing configuration conflicts for each
BIG-IP device, F5 recommends you use BIG-IP to override the
configuration settings stored on BIG-IQ. Refer to the section titled,
Re-discover devices and re-import
services from the user interface . |
Decide which disk volume you want to install
the upgrade on. You must have at least two volumes to upgrade. | If you don't have two volumes and are
upgrading from versions 5.2 or 5.3, refer to: K17406: Using the tmsh utility to create a new
software volume for installing a new image or hotfix on the BIG-IQ
system at:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17406. If you are
upgrading from version 5.4 or later, you can add the second volume as
part of the upgrade. |
If you are currently using a self-IP address for device discovery, make a note of that IP address. | You'll need to enter that IP address when you perform setup after you upgrade and reboot the BIG-IQ system. |
Upgrade all managed BIG-IP devices to version 12.1 or later | For you to manage BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ Centralized Management, the BIG-IP devices must be running version 12.1 or later. |
Download the
BIG-IQ software image from F5 Networks
Downloading a software image from F5
Networks is the first step to making it available to install on the BIG-IQ
system.
- Log in to the F5 Downloads site,downloads.f5.com.
- Click theFind a Downloadbutton.
- Click the name of the product line.
- Click the product name,Centralized Management.
- Click the version number you want to download.
- Read the End User Software License agreement and click theI Acceptbutton if you agree with the terms.
- Click the BIG-IQ version<version number>.isofile name that you want to download.
- Click the name of the closest geographical location to you.The software image downloads to your local system.
The
software image is now available for you to upload to your BIG-IQ system to
make it available for this upgrade.
Upload the latest
version of the software image to the version 5.2 or 5.3 primary BIG-IQ
Before you can upload a software image to BIG-IQ, you must download it from the F5
Downloads site
downloads.f5.com
.You upload the latest BIG-IQ version of the
software image to the BIG-IQ system to make it available for this upgrade.
To make sure the software image successfully uploads, don't
log out of BIG-IQ or close the browser window until the software image name appears
in the Available Images list.
- At the top of the screen, clickSystem.
- On the left, expand , then clickAvailable Images.The Available Images screen lists the software image files that are available for install on this BIG-IQ.
- Click theUpload Imagebutton.
- Click theChoose Filebutton and go to the location to which you downloaded the image, and click theOpenbutton to upload it to BIG-IQ.
- Click theUploadbutton.The screen refreshes to display the progress of the upload.
When BIG-IQ uploads the software, it verifies the image. This verification process can take several minutes. When BIG-IQ is finished uploading and verifying the image, the software image displays as
Verified
and is available for installation on a device. 
