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NimbostratusHow do I rename self-IP objects?
Can someone explain how I can rename a few self-IP objects? I see these are located in bigip_base.conf. I just want to change the object names to reference the new device name which has changed.
example: f5abc01-self-ip-100 -> f5xyz01-self-ip-100
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- Kevin_Stewart
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Depending on how many objects you have in your config, and any dependencies on this self-IP, your best bet would probably be to:
- Create a new temporary self-IP in the same subnet
- Delete the old self-IP
- Recreate the old self-IP with the new name
- Delete the temporary self-IP
JMeyer_44695When I create a new self-IP and try to delete the old one I get this error:
01071413:3: Cannot delete IP (10.1.30.12) because it is used by a system unicast address.
- Kevin_Stewart
So there are some dependencies you'll need to deal with. Do you this address configured for peering between HA units?
- JMeyer_44695
That was it. I have two devices in an HA pair and had to add new IP/remove the old IP from the failover unicast configuration first, then I was able to remove the self-IP from the device.
