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Mike_A
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Dec 01, 2022

bigip_ucs_fetch unsupported parameter only_create_file

Im using the bigip_ucs_fetch module from the f5networks.f5_modules collection. My ultimate goal is to use the module to create a UCS backup only, leaving it in /var/local/ucs (the default path) with...
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Mike_A
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Jan 09, 2023

Aubrey, seems like someone on the F5 side has looked at the issue and is now saying that i musing the wrong version of the collection and/or Ansible version. I thouhgt someone internally had observed the issue and knew what needed to be resolved. Is this the same person who is commenting on the issue? 

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AubreyKingF5
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Jan 10, 2023

Checked back in. I must have misunderstood him on that. He was just telling me he saw the collection and who would look at it. Are you all the way up on Ansible?

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    Mike_A
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    Jan 10, 2023

    No we are not at the latest. Im asking our automation team who manages the platform to get me a venv that I can apply to the template and run again using ansible 4. 

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    AubreyKingF5
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    Jan 10, 2023

    I have had similar issues in the past. The last time, though, I had a horrible time getting the right package installed by the server maintainer.