How to reset only the bigip.conf to factory default settings

Hi bigbrother,

 

 

You used to be able to run the 'sys-reset' command to wipe the conifguration, but things changed a bit with version 10.x. Here is the article on AskF5 with all the steps: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/500/sol10519.html

 

 

-George

 

Dear All,

 

 

Can anyone tell me how can I reset the factory default in version 10.x. My client purchase F5 Big-IP LTM where it has two software volume and it's IOS is 10.x and 11.x .But My query is that if we use image2disk utility from command prompt of 10.x then 11.x IOS of other volume would be removed or not . Because using image2disk command we are providing location for inactive volume where 11.x resides.

 

 

 

Looking forward to your reply soon.

 

 

Thanks and regards

 

 

Erfan

 

 

 

 

 

 

But My query is that if we use image2disk utility from command prompt of 10.x then 11.x IOS of other volume would be removed or not . Because using image2disk command we are providing location for inactive volume where 11.x resides. yes, 11.x will be gone. anyway, why do not you install to another slot (e.g. HD1.3)?

 

 

by the way, is "b import default" applicable for you?

 

 

sol8435: Overview of Single Configuration Files (9.x - 10.x) (Using the bigpipe import command to reset the running configuration to factory defaults)

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/400/sol8435.html

 

Hi,

 

 

Thanks for your valuable comments . I will check the command using < bigpipe import default> and let you know accordingly.

 

 

Can you tell me how we can configure redundancy between two Big-IP using serial port.Becuase if we do the redundancy using serial port then how the configuration would be sync between two appliance.

 

 

One more query is that If we deploy two Big -IP with redundancy then is it required to configure the internal and external vlan as in our topology Server default gateway is not big-ip and there is multiple VLANs in the switch for different Zone.

 

 

So should we have to use both npath routing and SNAT configuration in Big-IP ??

 

 

For your information , If we do multiple self IP and as well as multiple floating IP in version 10.x ,then which self ip would used for configuration synchronization.

 

 

I am eagerly waiting for your valuable comments and assistance.

 

 

Thanks and regards

 

 

Erfan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you tell me how we can configure redundancy between two Big-IP using serial port.Becuase if we do the redundancy using serial port then how the configuration would be sync between two appliance.there are two different things. one is failover and the other one is configsync. failover can be done by either hardware (serial cable) or network. configsync needs network.

 

 

One more query is that If we deploy two Big -IP with redundancy then is it required to configure the internal and external vlan as in our topology Server default gateway is not big-ip and there is multiple VLANs in the switch for different Zone.

 

 

So should we have to use both npath routing and SNAT configuration in Big-IP ??there is no requirement in number of vlans. you just make sure bigip sees both requset and response traffic (e.g. using default gateway, snat) unless you are using npath.

 

 

For your information , If we do multiple self IP and as well as multiple floating IP in version 10.x ,then which self ip would used for configuration synchronization.configsync has to use non-floating selfip.

 

Hi ,

 

 

Thanks for your support and help.I have give the command " b import default" but still it showing some message "The configuration has not yet loaded. If this message persists, it may indicate a configuration problem." Can you tell me how can i remove this message from Web access.

 

 

Can you tell me if we set factory default then why its showing that message.

 

 

Looking forward to your reply soon.

 

 

Thanks and regards

 

 

Erfan

 

 

 

 

can you try this?

 

1. b import default

 

2. b save all

 

3. b load

 

 

is there any error message after running "b load"?

 

Hi ,

 

 

For your information, We have two F5 Big0IP. One of F5 is been set factory default after providing above command.But other one is not taking factory default as it showing that there is no valid current to save after giving b save all command and we are rebooting the appliance then again its taking previous configuration.

 

 

 

So can you tell me how can we reset the that appliance to factory default.

 

 

 

I am sending two appliance files system to check .Please assist me whether I have to delete any configuration file manually.If so then what would be command to delete any configuration file.

 

 

Unit 1 it has been set factory default successfully

 

 

 

aaa customization ntp.conf

 

big3d daemon.conf profile_base.conf

 

BigDB.dat dashboard RegKey.license

 

bigip eav rndc.key

 

bigip_base.conf eventd.xml snmp

 

bigip_base.conf.bak failover ssh

 

bigip.conf gtm ssl

 

bigip.conf.bak httpd

 

startup

 

bigip.license lcd statsd.conf

 

bigip_local.conf lost+found tmm_base.tcl

 

bigip_local.conf.bak low_profile_base.conf tmm_platform.tcl

 

bigip_sys.conf monitors user_alert.conf

 

bigip_sys.conf.bak net-snmp wa

 

[root@localhost:Active] config

 

 

 

Unit 2 But it is not taking factory default and its some file is mismatch with unit 1

 

 

[root@MB-F502:Active] config ls

 

aaa bigip_local.conf.bak monitors

 

big3d bigip_sys.conf net-snmp

 

BigDB.dat bigip_sys.conf.backup ntp.conf

 

BigDB.dat.backup bigip_sys.conf.bak profile_base.conf

 

bigip customization RegKey.license

 

bigip_base.conf daemon.conf rndc.key

 

bigip_base.conf.backup dashboard snmp

 

bigip_base.conf.bak eav ssh

 

bigip.conf eventd.xml ssl

 

bigip.conf.backup failover startup

 

bigip.conf.bak gtm statsd.conf

 

bigip.license httpd tmm_base.tcl

 

bigip.license.backup lcd tmm_platform.tcl

 

bigip_local.conf lost+found user_alert.conf

 

bigip_local.conf.backup low_profile_base.conf wa

 

 

 

[root@localhost:Active] config b save all

 

BIGpipe parsing error:

 

012e0028:3: There is no valid configuration to save.

 

Please check the logs for licensing, configuration, or other problems.

 

[root@localhost:Active] config

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi ,

 

 

Please find the below details after giving b load command:

 

 

 

 

root@localhost:Active] config b load

 

Reading configuration from /config/low_profile_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /defaults/config_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip_sys.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /usr/share/monitors/base_monitors.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/profile_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/daemon.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip_local.conf.

 

Loading the configuration ...

 

BIGpipe self IP address creation error:

 

01070277:3: The requested vlan, vlangroup or tunnel (Business-VLAN) was not found.

 

[root@localhost:Active] config

 

 

 

I am eagerly waiting for your reply.

 

 

 

Thanks and regards

 

 

Erfan

 

So can you tell me how can we reset the that appliance to factory default. what you did is correct but not sure why unit 2 has an issue.

 

 

so, can you run "b load" and fix an error one by one? for example, if Business-VLAN is not found, just create it. after fixing all the error, run "b import default" and "b save all" again.