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plethore_312934
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Sep 14, 2017

Copying Production LTM / GTM Combo VE configuration to a single Dev Lab VE.

Inherited a production VE LTM/GTM combo HA pair with 95 virtual servers. There was no Test/Dev environment created, we have since purchased a Dev Lab License.

 

Is there a way of copying and manipulating the config from the production VE to the Dev Lab VE, changing the VS IP's but keeping the Names/Pools/Nodes the same. This is so that we can test any upgrades/changes on the Dev Lab before moving to production.

 

Any thoughts, steps or gotchas to look out for would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

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  • KeesvandenBos's avatar
    KeesvandenBos
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    Sep 14, 2017

    Hi,

    You could take a single configuration file (SCF) backup from your production BIG-IP (see article) K13408 and then with your favourite text editor modify the object ip's en load this file into your DEV BIG-IP (also in the article)

    Or you could copy the bigip.conf file from your production BIG-IP, modify it, copy it to your DV BIG-IP and load it there with the commands:

    tmsh load sys config file /config/prod-bigip.conf verify

    and 

    tmsh load sys config file /config/prod-bigip.conf

    Cheers,

    Kees