Bug ID 684218: vADC 'live-install' Downgrade from v13.1.0 is not possible

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.1.2

Opened: Sep 19, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

vADC v13.1.0 has a new storage format that is incompatible with earlier versions. It should be possible to use the '--format' option of 'image2disk' to downgrade a v13.1.0 vADC system, but it is not.

Impact

request is not allowed. no changes are made.

Conditions

Running v13.1.0, attempt software downgrade to 11.5.4, for example: image2disk --format=volumes --nosaveconfig 11.5.4

Workaround

deploy a new 11.5.4 software image via the hypervisor environment

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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