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CirrusF5 VCMP guest shutdown and decommissioning
Hi,
I have a change to shut down and decommission some of the F5 vCMP guests under the vCMP host. Please share the complete change plan steps and any considerations to take into account before the activity.
Also as part of taking usc backup, i need to take the key separately right. If possible please share the CLI commands to take the ucs & key backup. Also is root account required to export the ucs & key.
To shutdown the Guest:
- Log into the Host
- Navigate to vCMP -> Guest List
- Select the Guest you want to shutdown
- Set Requested State to Configured
- Click Update
That will leave the Guest in place but consuming no resources so should you want to rollback the change you just set the device to Deployed again:
K20081511: Shutting down and restarting the vCMP guest from the vCMP host
If you want to remove the Guest completely then follow this article:
K71021567: Decomission / Delete / Remove unused vCMP Guest
2 Replies
- Anoop_Jayadharan
Cirrostratus
For backing up BIG-IP systems, refer to the following link
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K13132#prebackup
In order to obtain the master key,
- Log in to the Active BIG-IP system command line.
- From the active peer BIG-IP system, obtain the master key by typing the following command:f5mku -KoruIVCHfmVBnwGaSR/+MAA==
- The command output appears similar to the following example:
The master key must be the same across the DSC.
- leemedz
To shutdown the Guest:
- Log into the Host
- Navigate to vCMP -> Guest List
- Select the Guest you want to shutdown
- Set Requested State to Configured
- Click Update
That will leave the Guest in place but consuming no resources so should you want to rollback the change you just set the device to Deployed again:
K20081511: Shutting down and restarting the vCMP guest from the vCMP host
If you want to remove the Guest completely then follow this article:
K71021567: Decomission / Delete / Remove unused vCMP Guest
