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wkucardinal_215
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Aug 10, 2015

How do you apply a HF on 11.x?

Sorry for the stupid question. I have been researching this for days and can't seem to answer one missing question: how in the world do you create a new volume aka. boot location? Am I supposed to drop down to the Linux level to do this like any other Linux distro, or am I supposed to use some method provided by F5? I have uploaded the hotfix to the virtual machine, but I can't figure out for the life of me where to go from here.

 

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  • arpydays's avatar
    arpydays
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    Aug 10, 2015

    You can use TMSH shell to do this..

    install sys software hotfix Hotfix-BIGIP-11.0.0-1234.0-HF1.iso volume HD1.3 create-volume

    cheers

  • wkucardinal_215's avatar
    wkucardinal_215
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    Aug 10, 2015

    When I try this, it just gets stuck on "Waiting for product image". The hotfix shows up in the shared files directory. What is the meaning of this?

     

    I am currently on 11.6.0 build 0.0.401 trying to deploy hotfix 11.6.0.5.0.429.

     

    • gsharri's avatar
      gsharri
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      Aug 10, 2015
      Do you have the 11.6.0 OS iso available on the Software Image list? If not get that from F5 and upload.
  • arpydays's avatar
    arpydays
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    Aug 10, 2015

    is BIGIP-11.6.0.0.0.401.iso in the software management > image list

     

  • wkucardinal_215's avatar
    wkucardinal_215
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    Aug 10, 2015

    Yes Under Software Management > Image List > version 11.6.0 Build 0.0.401 is listed.

     

  • arpydays's avatar
    arpydays
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    Aug 10, 2015

    can you provide the command you ran and also the output from 

    show sys software status

  • wkucardinal_215's avatar
    wkucardinal_215
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    Aug 11, 2015

    Certainly.

     

     

    After waiting a few minutes:

     

     

    Other screens for verification of my setup:

     

     

     

  • Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
    Stanislas_Piro2
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    Aug 11, 2015

    Hi,

     

    to install a hotfix, the base image must be uploaded.

     

    You must upload:

     

    • image 11.6.0
    • Hotfix 11.6.0 HF5

    When you click "install" for the hotfix, the related image will be installed on the partition and the hotfix will be installed on top of the image.