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Amit585731
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Apr 02, 2017

BIGIP backup on BIGIQ

I am trying to backup LTM (running on v12.1.1 HF1) on BIGIQ (v5.1) but for some reason while scheduling the backup it is not showing LTM in list of available device for backup. It is only showing BIG...
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Matt_Davey_1844
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Apr 04, 2017

The Backup pages under System Management->Inventory will only show BIG-IQ devices. The Backup pages under Device Management->Operations will only show BIG-IP devices. Sounds like you were in the right place. The issue is that your BIG-IP doesn't show in the Available box under Devices after clicking Back Up Now or Schedule Backup? Are you trying to select a group or individual device?