It’s surprisingly difficult to rename nodes and pools and other objects on the F5 LTM BIG-IP platform. But not if you’re willing to use the CLI and enable a feature left disabled by default.

SSH into your F5, then launch the TMOS shell with the command tmsh

modify /sys db mcpd.mvenabled value true

then use the “mv ltm” command – to see the available options, type in “mv ltm ?”, but it’s all pretty straightforward.

After you’re done, it’s recommended to disable the feature again

modify /sys db mcpd.mvenabled value false