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JayP_46820
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Jan 08, 2015

Different file size and checksum for BIG-IP images

Hi,

Is it normal that BIG-IP image files are different size on active and standby units in a cluster (same hardware platform):

[jay@F5-4000-a:Active:In Sync] images  ls -la | grep 11.4.1.608
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     1484894208 Oct 30 02:59 BIGIP-11.4.1.608.0.iso

[jay@F5-4000-b:Standby:In Sync] images  ls -la | grep 11.4.1.608
-rw-r--r--  1 tomcat tomcat   1575387136 Mar 11  2014 BIGIP-11.4.1.608.0.iso

Both units are in active/standby cluster and failover works.

Cheers, Jay

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  • R_Marc's avatar
    R_Marc
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    Jan 08, 2015

    One of them is likely a partial transfer (potentially both). There should be a checksum on the download site that you can validate the images against. This has nothing, necessarily, to do with what is actually installed.

     

  • boneyard's avatar
    boneyard
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    Jan 08, 2015

    if you see this with ls then there is no cosmetic bug.

     

    as R Marc suggests use md5sum (i.e. md5sum BIGIP-11.4.1.608.0.iso) on them and compare with the official value, which should be 8466e36299a680637277b7baeffd7e00. they should match and if they don't then your are best of with reuploading.