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11.4.0 unable to import 3M-record external data-file
f5 BIG-IP LTM VE v11.4.0
ESXi VM allocated with 200 gb hdd , 16 gb ram
System > File Management > Data Group File List > Import > point to 3M-record data-file on disk ( 216 MB )
receive error ...
uni_87886
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusI think I have it. When you import a file through the Configuration Utility, the file is uploaded to /tmp (this seems to be a function of the Apache web server), which is in the "/" (root) partition. Thus the size of the upload is limited to the amount of free space in the root partition. Once the file is imported to the local file system, it is moved to the /config partition, which may have more space available.
Curiously, if you use tmsh to load a file (tmsh create sys file ifile source-path ), the temporary file goes to /var/tmp, which should have a lot of space available.
I suggest you try the tmsh method
- Very interesting stuff uni. But shouldn't it be possible to expand the size of the "/" (root) partition ? How to do this ?
hooleylistThat looks like the best option Uni. Thanks for suggesting it. Balto, it would be great if you could raise this issue with F5 Support as I think the GUI operation should be fixed to support very large data group files. Thanks, Aaron- uni_87886I wouldn't pin my hopes on expanding partition sizes. The BigIP is an appliance not a server. If you start messing with the partition sizes, you will have to do it every time you update or apply a hotfix. In my opinion, F5 should link /tmp to somewhere in a larger partition, eg to /shared/tmp, or change where the httpd temporary files go
