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Stefan_Klotz
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Jul 28, 2023

BIG-IQ re-import BIG-IP device configuration with deleted items

I'm wondering what's the default behavior of the BIG-IQ when re-import BIG-IP device configuration with deleted items on the BIG-IP. It seems that the previous imported configuration items still resi...
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Jul 28, 2023

Stefan_Klotz Sadly this is one of those things I don't believe you have any way of sorting this out automatically and it would require you deleting the entries before re-importing devices. I could definitely be wrong on this one but in the past I have always had to delete these manually before performing a re-import.

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    Stefan_Klotz
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    Aug 01, 2023

    Thanks Paulius for the quick response, although this is very disappointing 😞
    Are you aware if this maybe changes or will be fixed in any upcoming software update (currently we are still running 7.1.0.3)?
    Or is there any possibility to delete all non-assigned configuration items on the BIG-IQ (similar to the BIG-IP GUI, where you can select all items from a list and simply click on "delete", which only deletes those, which are not referenced -> I tried this on the BIG-IQ, but it stops deleting, when one referenced item is detected.)? Or maybe simply delete all previously imported configuration items (in one step) before re-import all BIG-IP devices again -> but I assume this will also delete all statistical data (so this wouldn't really be an option)?
    Thank you!

    Regards Stefan 🙂