NimbostratusAre there any F5 migration tools for F5 to F5 devices?
For example, we have 3900's and are moving to 8500's.
Would joining them in a cluster work as long as they are in the same version?
Or would some good old TMSH work for this?
CumulonimbusHi,
You can create a ucs file and restore it with tmsh command
load sys ucs file.ucs no-platform no-license
CirrostratusHello,
Based on this https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K16216, the only know error with the "no-plateform-check" option are with versions :
So If you are not in these versions I recommend you to use the UCS first with both options "no-plateform-check" "no-license"
Regards
MVPthe UCS is quick and easy and replicates a lot of the settings. your approach with creating a cluster probably will work fine also, but it required much more configuring and of course can't create a one on one replacement at first (i.e different non floating self IP).
CirrusI recently fazed out my 3900s to the i2800s. Per F5 support, I added the i2800s to the existing 3900 cluster. I am running 12.1.2. When the 3900s were installed, they used the serial interface for the configsync. So make sure you define the network configsync link and the failover network across all the devices in the cluster. You can then force offline the 3900s, and let the new units take over the sessions. Once everything is comfortably running on the new units, you can remove them from the Device groups and Traffic groups.