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Jaques_239956
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May 30, 2017

CMI_diff command

Good day,   Can anyone please explain how to read the cmi_diff command output. Where does it indicate the difference between the devices in a device group?   Thanks  
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jaikumar_f5
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May 30, 2017

Well its a python script located at /usr/local/bin/cmi_diff

 

You can do a cat and see what the script does. But in overall, it only shows the diff configs I believe.

 

(Eg : Hostnames a & b configured in device groups, they are different, its LSTs etc. And the master keys)

 

Just observed, it displays output of both devices, one on the left < and the others on the right >. The same configs can used for comparison, but I guess its more of for F5 support cases. Aint gonna be much useful for normal engineers.