Manual Chapter :
Preparing to Upgrade a BIG-IQ System with a 5.2 or 5.3 Data Collection Device Cluster
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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. | When addressing configuration conflicts for each BIG-IP device, F5 recommends you use BIG-IP to override the configuration settings stored on BIG-IQ. |
| 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, 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 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.
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.
Important: 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.
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.
