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Jay_Lancaster_3
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Nov 05, 2012

Get sync-status

I am updating an iControl for a customer and I am unable to get the sync status of the active device. In version 10.x, I was able to access the DBVariable for Configsync.State and read the value for ...
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John_Matlock_42
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Feb 01, 2013
Per F5:

 

 

The iControl methods get_last_sync_time, get_member_states, and get_sync_state were removed in BIG-IP v11.1 (ref: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.New-In-Version11-1.ashx, at the bottom of the page). Until such time that sync state methods are re-implemented, it may be possible to programmatically run a tmsh command (e.g., tmsh show /cm sync-status), and parse the response for current status. For more detail on determining device group status via tmsh, please refer to:

 

 

sol13946: Troubleshooting ConfigSync and device clustering (11.x)

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/900/sol13946.html