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A BIG-IP Administrator applied the latest hotfix to an inactive boot location by mistake, and needs to downgrade back to the previous hotfix. What should the BIG-IP Administrator do to change the…
The correct answer is B. Reinstall the base version and install the previous hotfix. To downgrade an inactive boot location on a BIG-IP system from a mistakenly applied hotfix to a previous version, the administrator should reinstall the base version followed by the desired previous hotfix.
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A BIG-IP Administrator applied the latest hotfix to an inactive boot location by mistake, and needs to downgrade back to the previous hotfix. What should the BIG-IP Administrator do to change the boot location to the previous hotfix?
Options
- AUninstall the newest hotfix and reinstall the previous hotfix
- BReinstall the base version and install the previous hotfix
- CReinstall the previous hotfix and re-activate the license
- DUninstall the base version and restore the UCS
How the community answered
(59 responses)- A3% (2)
- B80% (47)
- C12% (7)
- D5% (3)
Why each option
To downgrade an inactive boot location on a BIG-IP system from a mistakenly applied hotfix to a previous version, the administrator should reinstall the base version followed by the desired previous hotfix.
Uninstalling a hotfix is not a supported method for reverting a BIG-IP system; hotfixes are typically cumulative and downgrading requires a fresh installation of the base version.
To achieve a downgrade on an inactive boot location, the standard procedure is to first reinstall the intended base BIG-IP software version onto that boot slot. After the base installation, the specific previous hotfix can then be applied to bring the boot location to the desired prior hotfix level.
Reinstalling only the previous hotfix is insufficient without a foundational base version, and license reactivation is a separate step often triggered by software activation, not the primary means of downgrade.
Uninstalling the base version is disruptive and unnecessary for managing an inactive boot location, and restoring a UCS archive is for full configuration recovery, not targeted hotfix management.
Concept tested: BIG-IP boot location hotfix management
Source: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K13101
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