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Stephen_Spence_
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Sep 04, 2013

Backup script for F5 LTM and FTP the UCS off to another server

I am trying to automate backups on my F5 LTMs. I have downloaded the following script and tried to run it. For Version 11.x branch https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/AdvDesignConfig.LTM_Backup_Shell_Scri...
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Stephen_Spence_
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Sep 10, 2013

First of all, thanks for all your replies. Here is the problem that we were having with the script not FTPing: Firewall is blocking the passive mode ftp transfer.

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/asiatech/archive/2009/04/30/iis-ftp-service-hang-due-to-ports-contention-in-passive-mode.aspx

 

We can request a change for the firewall config to be fixed so that FTP works transparently.

 

In the mean time, I added a "passive" command in the ftp blurp in the script. This command is a toggle switch command, and when it is run for the first time, it turns off the passive mode (i.e. all ftp transfers take place in active mode). With FTP mode active, script is working fine.

 

Once again thanks.