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kirky3000_13081
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Oct 13, 2013
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Help restoring BIG-IP 1600 to factory default settings (11.3.0 build 3022.0)

I am trying to restore a Big Ip 1600 to factory defaults following guide   http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13127.html   However upon entering the command "load sys ...
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  • uni_87886's avatar
    uni_87886
    Oct 13, 2013

    It might be there is a certificate referenced by your config which does not exist on disk. Try creating the file then try again: 

    touch /config/filestore/files_d/Common_d/certificate_d/:Common:xxx_1

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uni_87886
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Oct 13, 2013

It might be there is a certificate referenced by your config which does not exist on disk. Try creating the file then try again: 

touch /config/filestore/files_d/Common_d/certificate_d/:Common:xxx_1

  • kirky3000_13081's avatar
    kirky3000_13081
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    Feb 10, 2014
    Sorry I forgot to reply to this, your suggestion work a treat. However it turned out there were lots more files after that one that it couldn't find before it would let me reset to defaults I decided in the end to rebuild it from scratch from USB to make sure it was completely wiped.