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sdr_111851
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Oct 02, 2008

Need to create a duplicate/failover F5 Controller

We finally have a SSL VPN F5 controller configured and would like to duplicate it on a second box. We have tried backup and restore but some remnants of our testing seem to remain on the second box. How can we completely clear the second box and create an exact duplicate of our configured controller.
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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  • mal_57091's avatar
    mal_57091
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    Oct 03, 2008
    Hi,

     

     

    From the console port you can log in using the maintenance account. This will bring up a CLI menu. From this menu you can go into Option 1 to do a full box reset. This should clear all your config out.

     

     

    Once you've done that you can use the backup/restore function to backup your prod config and copy it over to the second box. A word of warning though - the second box should be the same hardware as the first and run the same software version including hotfixes otherwise the restore process might'n work as expected.

     

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mal