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Greg_Robinson_1
Cirrus
CirrusBest way to query for active member in cluster
We're creating a home brew automation tool for configuring the F5. We know that some objects (Self IPs, routes, etc) must be created on each member in a cluster; however, some objects such as floatin...
Auto config sync is only available for Sync-Only groups, so there is no concept of the 'active' device, and in addition this happens when a change is made to any group members
For failover/sync groups I think you can manually initiate config-sync from any of the devices (doesn't have to be active).
IheartF5_45022
Nacreous
NacreousAuto config sync is only available for Sync-Only groups, so there is no concept of the 'active' device, and in addition this happens when a change is made to any group members
For failover/sync groups I think you can manually initiate config-sync from any of the devices (doesn't have to be active).
Greg_Robinson_1Are you sure about this? I have auto config-sync running on a failover-sync pair and I just tested configuration replication successfully.- nitass
Employee
auto sync for sync-failover device group is introduced in 11.4.0. - IheartF5_45022Thanks for clarifying Nitass.
dfosborne2_2224Nimbostratus
Id like to add that auto sync only synchronizes to the running config on the standby unit. Bit me BAD. There is a tmsh command to actually tell auto sync to write the config out to the standby unit's disk as well but that was not my experience.
