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Fallout1984
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Nov 08, 2021

HA pair UCS backups - file sizes very different from each other

I've noticed with a few of the UCS backup files I'm pulling from some HA pairs that the file size of one may be larger than the other (50-100 meg) and I'm trying to figure out why. These are ones wit...
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  • jaikumar_f5's avatar
    jaikumar_f5
    Nov 24, 2021

    Yea I've seen it too. U gotta use the cli to delete them.

    Follow this article & Then generate a new UCS and see if it's less size.

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    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25633150

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Fallout1984
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Using your instructions, I checked one of the VM pairs and found three epsec files (ex. epsec-1.0.0-489.0.iso_41872_1) that remained after I'd cleaned them out a while back. Looking at the GUI, I see only the latest one and haven't been able to determine where the three stray files are "hiding."

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jaikumar_f5
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Nov 24, 2021

Yea I've seen it too. U gotta use the cli to delete them.

Follow this article & Then generate a new UCS and see if it's less size.

​

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25633150