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Neil_Cook_66167
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Jun 09, 2010

Config sync problem

I'm using a pair of Big-IPs in a redundant configuration, and I have a problem with config sync. Occasionally it works just fine, but most of the time (9 times out of 10) it fails with the following e...
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Chris_Miller
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Jul 03, 2010
I could see the following potential causes:

 

 

Is your self-ip listening on port 443? I can't remember if F5 overrides the port lockdown setting to allow config-sync or not.

 

Do you have any firewalls between the units that might be blocking 443?

 

Are your VLAN names the same across units? If you have self-ips for the same subnet on both units, they need to be applied to the same VLANs which need to be named the same.