Issue with System.ConfigSync.download_configuration() method?

Hey iControl experts,

 

 

I'm using the iControl:System.ConfigSync.download_configuration() method and successfully pulling the following configuration files from an F5 Big IP appliance:

 

 

/config/low_profile_base.conf

 

/config/bigip_sys.conf

 

/config/bigip_base.conf

 

/config/profile_base.conf

 

/config/daemon.conf

 

/config/bigip.conf

 

/config/bigip_local.conf

 

 

However, when I try to pull the following 2 configuration files (which I've confirmed *do* exist on the appliance), I get an error return code of 16908289:

 

 

/defaults/config_base.conf

 

/usr/share/monitors/base_monitors.conf

 

 

The error looks like:

 

 

SOAP-ENV:Server :Exception caught in System::urn:iControl:System/ConfigSync::download_file() Exception: Common::OperationFailed primary_error_code : 16908289 (0x01020001) secondary_error_code : 0 error_string : Error opening file for read operations

 

 

I've looked this return code up, and it appears to be a file lock issue.

 

Could this be because the last 2 files are in a different partition or something?

 

I believe the /defaults/config_base.conf is a symbolic link.

 

 

I'm using v10.2.0 of iControl (Perl).

 

 

I'm calling the iControl:System.ConfigSync.download_configuration() method like:

 

 

my $soapResponse = $session->download_file(

 

SOAP::Data->name(file_name => $filename),

 

SOAP::Data->name(chunk_size => $chunk_size_val),

 

SOAP::Data->name(file_offset => 0) );

 

 

where $filename is the complete path to the 2 files mentioned above,

 

where $chunk_size_val = 131072, and

 

where I'm trying to read the whole thing in one fell swoop.

 

 

Could the 2 files mentioned be so large that it's failing due to me trying to do it in one chunk that isn't large enough?

 

 

I don't have command-line access to the appliance, or I would check the file sizes (in bytes) myself.

 

 

~ snovakov