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dragonflymr
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Nov 16, 2015

Editing 9.x scf

Hi, I am trying to import scf from 9.4.8 396.1 (from BIG-IP 1600) into VE 10.2.4 577.0. It always fails with message: Saving configuration to /var/local/scf/.backup-0.scf. Reading configuration ...
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Brad_Parker_139
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Nov 16, 2015

Yes, editing an SCF is complete ok and one of the only recommended ways to edit a config file(outside of tmsh or the GUI). Editing the bigip.conf directly is not such a good idea. The reason merge probably worked better than your import is because it is modifying the running config vs replacing it. Glad everything is working for you now.

 

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    dragonflymr
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    Nov 16, 2015
    Hi, Thanks for confirmation. It was real relief that merge worked. Now I have to figure out how to move from 10.2.4 to 11.5.3 - from what I was reading not so easy task :-( Piotr