Two Big-IPs LTM in Active/Standby High Availability pair. Sometimes, administrators would mistakenly apply changes on Standby instead of Active. Usually a new SNAT record. OR Configs applied on Active but they forget to ConfigSync. We prefer manual sync mode. Is there a method to view the config differences Active vs. Standby? I'm thinking downloading bigip_base.config from both units, rename the files, upload to one of the LTM and use CLI Example: diff bigip_baseActive.conf bigip_baseStandby.conf

I would use something like Notepad++ using the Compare plugin. It's also useful to review the commit ID to determine which device has the most recent config: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13946

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James_Smith_299

Nimbostratus

Jul 25, 2018

How to diff config differences between 2 Big-IPs in HA

Two Big-IPs LTM in Active/Standby High Availability pair.

Sometimes, administrators would mistakenly apply changes on Standby instead of Active. Usually a new SNAT record.

Configs applied on Active but they forget to ConfigSync. We prefer manual sync mode.

Is there a method to view the config differences Active vs. Standby?

I'm thinking downloading bigip_base.config from both units, rename the files, upload to one of the LTM and use CLI Example:

diff bigip_baseActive.conf bigip_baseStandby.conf

application delivery

BIG-IP

LTM

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Lee_Sutcliffe
Nacreous
Jul 25, 2018
I would use something like Notepad++ using the Compare plugin. It's also useful to review the commit ID to determine which device has the most recent config:

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13946