Upgrade production VIPRION to vCMP while updating from 10.2.4 to 11.4.1
Is there a recommended approach or SOL document for migrating from no vcmp to vcmp on a production VIPRION 2400 with two 2100 blades clustered in remote active/passive HA to an identical chassis AND needing to update from 10.2.4 to 11.4.1. Upgrade version first and verify production? Separately plan for copying v11.4.1 config, rebuild with vcmp, create guest and mount the copied config? Any and all advice is appreciated.
I would save off the UCS, upgrade and build out the configuration to a VCMP guest in the lab, then during the maintenance window, convert the viprion to vcmp and then load the prepped UCS on to a blank guest. There is quite a bit of legwork in this conversion so I don't think F5 has a guide for this. I have done this exact process via a PS engagement for some of my clients. The upgrade isn't hard, but the VCMP conversion process is where its gets tricky. Feel free to email me if you want more info.