Manual Chapter :
Send geolocation updates to managed devices
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 8.4.0
Send geolocation updates to managed devices
Before you can update the geolocation database on your managed BIG-IP devices, you must download the correct files for each BIG-IP version that this BIG-IQ manages. If you have downloaded updates for multiple versions, make sure you know which files apply to each BIG-IP version.
To use BIG-IQ to update the geolocation database on your managed BIG-IP devices,
Advanced Shell terminal access must be enabled on each BIG-IP to which you plan to
send geolocation update packages.
You can update the geolocation database on the BIG-IP devices you manage with this BIG-IQ. You can send the latest database package to all managed devices, or you can specify which devices to update and which packages to send.
- At the top of the screen, clickConfiguration.
- Set the delay that BIG-IQ waits between each geolocation update package it sends to the BIG-IP devices.
- ClickGEO-IP DATABASE MANAGEMENT, and then clickUPDATE HISTORY.
- On the Update History screen, clickSettingsand then type the number of seconds to set theDelay.
- ClickSave & Closeto update the delay.
- ClickGEO-IP DATABASE MANAGEMENT, then clickDEVICES, and then clickUpdate.BIG-IQ displays the Start GeoIP Update screen.
- Decide whether you want to send the most current package to all of your managed devices, or specify which update packages and which devices to update.To update all devices with the most current version:
- ForDatabase Files, selectLatest.
- ForDevices, selectAll.
To specify which packages are sent and which devices are updated:- ForDatabase Files, selectChoose, and then double click the name of the packages you want to send.
- ForDevices, selectChoose, and then double click the name of the devices you want to update.
- ClickSave & Closeto start the update.
You can monitor the progress of the update on the GeoIP Database Management Update History screen.
