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F5user13_114603
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Nov 14, 2017

Backup LTM ASM and APM log files to external FTP or tape drive

Hi,   Is it possible to backup all ltm, asm and apm logs stored under the /var/log/ltm folder in the BIG-IP to an external FTP or tape drive.   Can anyone please share their inputs.  
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  • Samir_Jha_52506's avatar
    Samir_Jha_52506
    Nov 15, 2017

    You can write bash scrip like below

    File name: script.sh 

            !/bin/bash
        $1 is the file name
        usage:this_script script.sh 
        HOST='your host'
        USER="your user"
        PASSWD="pass"
        FILE="/var/log/*"
        FTPFILE=/FTP/LOG/

        ftp -n $HOST <
    

Schedule crontab
        0 06 * * * /bin/execute/this/script.sh
Lee_Sutcliffe's avatar
Lee_Sutcliffe
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Nov 14, 2017

You can do this with a bash script and a cron job to schedule packaging up the files and sending to your preferred destination.

 

Are you not able to use a Syslog server, this would be a more sensible approach?