[j-nsp] SRX upgrade procedure -ready for enterprise?

[Mike Devlin]

Mark/Andy,

thanks for the input, i have a cluster of 100s in my lab im going to test
this out on.  Been a nightmare doing it in the past.

looking forward to testing this out now :)



On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Andy Litzinger <
Andy.Litzinger at theplatform.com> wrote:

> ICU sounds interesting.  Any idea why it's not supported on the 550? or is
> that just documentation lag?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Clay Haynes [mailto:chaynes at centracomm.net]
> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 3:08 PM
> > To: Andy Litzinger; juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] SRX upgrade procedure -ready for enterprise?
> >
> > I've had really good luck with the ICU Upgrade for branch series. You
> upload
> > the software package to the active SRX, run the commands, and it handles
> > copying the package to the backup unit and all reboots. There is still a
> drop in
> > traffic for up to 30 seconds, but for the most part it's much safer than
> > upgrading/rebooting both units simultaneously and praying they come up
> > properly. Again, ICU is supported on branch-series only, and you have run
> > 11.2r2 or later for it to be available.
> >
> > http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos12.1/topics/task/operationa
> > l/cha
> > ssis-cluster-upgrading-and-aborting-backup-and-primary-device-with-
> > icu.html
> >
> >
> >
> > I haven't had great luck on ISSU, but then again I don't have many
> > datacenter-series boxes to play with (300+ SRX650 and below, about 10
> > SRX1400 and above). I would follow this URL, and if you're running any of
> > these services in the respective code do not proceed with the ISSU:
> >
> > http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB17946&actp=R
> > SS
> >
> >
> >
> > - Clay
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/8/13 12:50 PM, "Andy Litzinger" <Andy.Litzinger at theplatform.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >We're evaluating SRX clusters as replacements for our aging ASAs FO
> > >pairs in various places in our network including the Datacenter Edge.
> > >I  was reading the upgrade procedure KB:
> > >http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB17947  and
> > >started to have some heart palpitations.  It seems a complicated
> > >procedure fraught with peril.  Anyone out there have any thoughts
> > >(positive/negative) on their experience on upgrading an SRX cluster
> > >with minimal downtime?
> > >
> > >thanks!
> > >-andy
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