Upgrading BIG-IQ from Version 6.1.x and later

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Manual : Upgrading BIG-IQ from Version 6.1.x and later

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

8.1.0

Original Publication Date: 06/30/2021
Updated Date: 08/30/2021

Preparing to upgrade BIG-IQ

Pre-upgrade checklist

Verify the compatibility of software on managed BIG-IP devices

Verify all BIG-IQ licenses and services contracts

Download the BIG-IQ software and MD5 file

Upload the BIG-IQ software images

Verify connectivity requirements

Check the disk volume size required by the BIG-IQ software upgrade

Check the volume sizes on your current BIG-IQ installation

Check to see if you have an open slot to install the software on

Increase the size of a disk volume

Check the status of daemons running on BIG-IQ

Download the BIG-IQ pre-upgrade check tool and MD5 file

Verify all staged configuration changes are deployed

Upgrading BIG-IQ to the Latest Version

Remove the standby BIG-IQ system from the HA pair

Upgrade the standalone BIG-IQ

Upgrade the standby BIG-IQ

Completing BIG-IQ Post Upgrade Processes

Post-upgrade checklist

Import Venafi private SSL certificate

Add TCP port 5432 to a self-IP address

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

Add a standby BIG-IQ to the active BIG-IQ (Auto Failover Configuration only)

Re-discover and re-import BIG-IP devices

Post upgrade version roll back

FAQs: BIG-IQ Upgrade to 8.1