F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management has its challenges but works
February 13, 2024

F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management has its challenges but works

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management

I use F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management to push daily changes such as VIP, Pool, nodes, monitors... creation, delete, updates. BigIQ helped me to see all my BigIPs in one place and it helped me a lot in software upgrades. With BigIQ I also took advantage of pushing scripts to several devices at same time, reducing the amount of time I use to take =, doing them on every single BIG-IP.
  • Software upgrades
  • Pushing scripts
  • Basic BIG-IP management
  • Export simple reports such as device inventory, VIPs inventory
  • Performance
  • Ability to rename objects
  • In 2021 thanks to Big-IQ we drastically reduced the time we spend on software upgrades.
  • BigIQ helped us to have visibility of our BIG-IP environment in one place.

Do you think F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management's feature set?

No

Did F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management again?

Yes

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management works perfectly in Software upgrades and simple daily changes. We are successfully using it to create and or delete objects. It doesn`t works well when we need reports. I usually have to create custom scripts to get a list of objects, for example. Performance is also something that could be improved in Big-IQ

F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management Feature Ratings

Central monitoring
3
Logging
6
Analysis and visualization
5
Application integration
5