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Harsh_A_Shah's avatar
Harsh_A_Shah
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Jul 19, 2020

LTM - UCS Restore Error

Hi All, I hope you all are doing well.  I wanted to run by a quick scenario for restoring a configuration using a UCS File.    Let's say I have an F5 BIG-IP box running 12.1.5.x version with...
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Mayur_Sutare's avatar
Mayur_Sutare
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Jul 20, 2020

Hello Harsh,

 

How did you lost your configuration? Did you selected install configuration NO?

 

ucs file generated on 12.1.5.x can't be restore on version 12.1.3.x. You need to have ucs file taken when system was on 121.3.x. Here i can suggest one option. If you still have 12.1.5.x installed on the other boot location. Boot F5 from it and select install configuration NO. So when F5 gets booted, system will have all the configuration running on version 12.1.5.x.

Then again you can try to downgrade to target version with selecting install configuration YES.

 

Hope it works for you!

Mayur

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    Harsh_A_Shah
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    Jul 20, 2020

    Yes, I did select "NO" for install configuration as there were no changes made from the time of import to installation/updating boot location.

     

    I was trying to downgrade the device to test some functionality and did not have any UCS saved.