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Manual Chapter : Restoring the BIG-IQ and Data Collection Device Cluster to Pre-upgrade State

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 7.1.0
Manual Chapter

Restoring the BIG-IQ and Data Collection Device Cluster to Pre-upgrade State

What are the post-upgrade tasks?

Once you have upgraded the BIG-IQ system with a DCD cluster, you need to:
  • Add the secondary BIG-IQ to the primary BIG-IQ.
  • Re-discover devices and re-import services (You can do this either manually or using a script).
  • Install the vCenter host root certificate on BIG-IQ

Add the standby BIG-IQ to the active BIG-IQ (manual failover configuration only)

After you upgrade your F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management systems in an HA configuration, you can re-associate the standby BIG-IQ with the active BIG-IQ.
Add the standby BIG-IQ to the primary BIG-IQ to re-establish the manual failover high availability configuration.
  1. Log in to active BIG-IQ system with your administrator user name and password.
  2. At the top of the screen, click
    System
    .
  3. On the left, click
    BIG-IQ HA
    .
  4. Click the
    Add Standby
     button.
  5. In the
    IP Address
     field, type the discovery address you want to set up as the standby BIG-IQ.
    This is the same IP address the peers in a high availability configuration use to communicate.
    IPv6 short form addresses are not supported.
  6. Type the local administrative
    Username
     and
    Password
     for the system.
  7. Type the
    Root Password
     for the system.
  8. Click the
    Add
     button to add this device to this high availability configuration.
Even though you can log in to the standby BIG-IQ after the you re-establish the HA configuration, the system continues some database re-indexing processes in the background. For larger configurations, that can take up to an hour. If you perform any searches on objects before it's done re-indexing, BIG-IQ might not return the expected results.
After the HA configuration is re-established, you'll be automatically logged out of the active BIG-IQ for a few minutes while the standby BIG-IQ restarts.
After the standby BIG-IQ restarts, you can log back into the primary BIG-IQ.

What are my options for re-discovering and re-importing devices?

After you upgrade F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management, you must re-discover and re-import services for your managed devices so you can start managing those devices with the new features introduced in this release. You can do this in bulk, or you do it for each device and service individually.
Regardless of which option you choose, you specify how to handle any conflict between objects in the BIG-IQ system's working configuration.
  • When you re-discover and re-import in bulk, all conflicts are resolved the in the same way.
  • When you re-discover devices and re-import services manually, you specify how to resolve conflicts on an individual basis.
Before you proceed to rediscover your devices, you need to update the BIG-IQ iApp to prevent BIG-IP CPU spikes. If your BIG-IQ or BIG-IP setups include one of the following conditions, and you have upgraded to a version earlier than 7.1.0, follow the procedure in the AskF5 article K53001642 on
support.f5.com
.

Re-discover and re-import services in bulk

After you upgrade F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management, you must rediscover and re-import services for your managed devices so you can start managing those devices with the new features introduced in this release. Use this procedure to re-discover and re-import services in bulk. You'll have the option to decide how to manage any conflict between objects in the BIG-IQ system's working configuration and objects in the same way for each type of object.
  1. At the top of the screen, click
    Devices
    .
  2. On the left, click
  3. Select the check box next to the devices for which you want to rediscover and reimport services.
  4. Click the
    More
     button and select
    Re-discover and Re-import
    .
  5. In the
    Name
     field, type a name for this task.
  6. To create a snapshot of the BIG-IQ configuration before importing services, select the
    Snapshot
     check box.
    Clear this check box if you are adding devices that are in an access group you just created. If you don't, BIG-IQ won't be able to add the device(s).
  7. If BIG-IQ detects a conflict for services between the working configuration on BIG-IQ and the current configuration on BIG-IP, select a conflict resolution policy option for each object type.
    • Use BIG-IQ
      Keep the object settings in the BIG-IQ working configuration. The next time you deploy a configuration to that BIG-IP device, BIG-IQ overwrites the object settings to match the settings defined on BIG-IQ.
      Use BIG-IP
      Use the object settings from this BIG-IP device's configuration to replace the object in the BIG-IQ working configuration. The next time you deploy a configuration to your BIG-IP devices, BIG-IQ replaces that object settings for all of your managed BIG-IP devices to match the object settings on this BIG-IP device.
      Create Version
      For LTM monitors or profiles only, you can create and store a copy of the BIG-IP device's object(s), specific to the software version on that BIG-IP device. The next time you deploy a configuration, BIG-IQ replaces that object for all the managed BIG-IP devices running that specific version with the object on this BIG-IP. You can store multiple versions of LTM monitors or profiles. BIG-IQ deploys the appropriate stored version to your managed devices. BIG-IQ automatically resolves conflicts against the appropriate version the next time it imports services that contain LTM monitors or profiles.
After the services re-import, devices displays in the BIG-IP Devices inventory list with their services. You can now manage these BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ.

Re-import and re-discover services

After you upgrade F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management, you must re-discover and re-import services for your managed devices so you can start managing those devices with the new features introduced in the new release.
  1. At the top of the screen, click
    Devices
    .
  2. Select the check box next to the BIG-IP device you want to re-discover and re-import services for.
  3. Click the
    More
     button and select
    Re-discover and Re-import
    .
  4. Type a name for this task and then select the conflict resolution options you want to use if BIG-IQ finds differences between its working configuration and the configuration on the BIG-IP device.
    The BIG-IQ conflict resolution policy options are:
    Use BIG-IQ
    Keep the object settings specified in the BIG-IQ working configuration. The next time you deploy a configuration to that BIG-IP device, BIG-IQ overwrites the object settings to match the settings defined on BIG-IQ.
    Use BIG-IP
    Use the object settings specified in the BIG-IP device's configuration to replace the object settings in the BIG-IQ working configuration. For shared objects, the next time you deploy a configuration to a managed device, BIG-IQ replaces the settings for that object on the target device.
    Create Version
    For LTM monitors and profiles only: You can create and store a copy of the BIG-IP device's object(s), specific to the software version on that BIG-IP device. For shared objects, the next time you deploy a configuration to a managed device, BIG-IQ replaces the settings for that object if that BIG-IP device is running that specific version. This option allows you to store multiple versions of LTM monitors or profiles knowing that BIG-IQ will deploy the appropriate stored version to your managed devices. The next time you import services that contain LTM monitors or profiles, BIG-IQ automatically resolves conflicts against the appropriate version.
  5. From the
    Available
     list, select the device you want to re-discover and re-import services for and move them to the
    Selected
     list.
  6. Click the
    Create
     button.

Install the vCenter host root certificate on BIG-IQ after upgrading

If you have a VMware service scaling group (SSG) associated with a vCenter certificate that is self-signed or untrusted, after you upgrade BIG-IQ Centralized Management, you'll need to re-add the vCenter host root certificate. For this procedure, you must have root access to the BIG-IQ system's command line.
Providing BIG-IQ the vCenter host root certificate ensures secure communication between BIG-IQ and the vCenter.
  1. From the BIG-IQ system's command line, copy the root certificate from the vCenter host cert
    /etc/vmware-sso/key/ssoserverRoot.crt
     file to the BIG-IQ system's
    /config/ssl/ssl.crt
     file.
  2. Type this command to create a symbolic link to this certificate using the certificate's hash:
    ln -s ssoserverRoot.crt `openssl x509 -hash -noout -in ssoserverRoot.crt`.0
    .
  3. Type this command to restart
    gunicorn
    :
    bigstart restart gunicorn

Reconfigure data retention and aggregation settings

If, prior to the upgrade, DCD statistics data collection retention or aggregation, these custom settings were not automatically retained over the upgrade process. Manually configure these data retention and aggregation settings, once your upgrade is complete.
  1. Go to
    System
    BIG-IQ DATA COLLECTION
    BIG-IQ Data Collection Cluster
    CONFIGURATION
    Statistics Data Collection
    .
  2. To configure previous retention settings, click
    Configure Retention
    .
    Once you complete this step, make sure to click
    Save & Close
    .
  3. To configure previous aggregation settings, click
    Configure Aggregation
    .
    Once you complete this step, make sure to click
    Save & Close
    .

Confirm post-upgrade AS3 version

If the version of AS3 software that was running on the BIG-IQ before you upgraded was newer than the AS3 software version post upgrade, then you need to perform additional steps to restore full AS3 functionality to the upgraded BIG-IQ.
These additional steps are detailed in an F5 knowledge base article K54909607. Please refer to this article if you are upgrading a BIG-IQ for which a newer version of AS3 software was installed prior to the upgrade.
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