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NimbostratusProblem adding network interface to VM for Big-IP 11.3
I'm trying to add some interfaces to our Big-IP VM and it isn't going well. When I add the interfaces, we already have 4 defined, we lose access to the configuration GUI and SSH access to the VM. The only way to access the Big-IP is through the console from the Virtual Center GUI. This is a documented problem with running Big-IP under VMware (CR 137616) but the workaround doesn't work for us. It says to run the command "rm /var/db/mcpd*", which we can't from the TMSH shell. Any ideas how to get this thing working would be greatly appreciated.
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Thomas_Gobet_91Cirrostratus
And what about using root account ? Can you tell us what version you're running on (not VE, lab or something like that) but the result of this command :
show sys version
Dennis_Caffi_11Results are: Product BIG-IP Version 11.3.0 Build 2806.0 Edition Final Date Tue Nov 13 22:34:00 PST 2012
Thomas_GobetAnd what about using root account ? Can you tell us what version you're running on (not VE, lab or something like that) but the result of this command :
show sys version- Dennis_Caffi_11Results are: Product BIG-IP Version 11.3.0 Build 2806.0 Edition Final Date Tue Nov 13 22:34:00 PST 2012
- Thomas_Gobet
No it's not, root account is still enabled once initial setup is done.
But what can be different is the password. - Thomas_Gobet_91
Can you try to connect you with the root account and use the default password which is : default
About your issue on user creation, are you using partition ?
Because only users created under "Common" partition can have "Advanced shell" access.- Dennis_Caffi_11Tried root with default password and what we set it to initially. Received "access denied" message. When creating a user I don't get to set a partition. A current user that has Common as the partition and Administrator role only has either "Disabled" or "tmsh" as Terminal Access choices.
- Thomas_Gobet
Can you try to connect you with the root account and use the default password which is : default
About your issue on user creation, are you using partition ?
Because only users created under "Common" partition can have "Advanced shell" access.- Dennis_Caffi_11Tried root with default password and what we set it to initially. Received "access denied" message. When creating a user I don't get to set a partition. A current user that has Common as the partition and Administrator role only has either "Disabled" or "tmsh" as Terminal Access choices.
- Thomas_Gobet
Can you try to follow this solution to reset your root account password ?
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13121.html
- Dennis_Caffi_11Tried this and it did not work. Booted in single user mode and used the passwd command to change root's password. It says it worked, but after reboot was unable to log in as root.
- Thomas_Gobet_91
Can you try to follow this solution to reset your root account password ?
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13121.html
- Dennis_Caffi_11Tried this and it did not work. Booted in single user mode and used the passwd command to change root's password. It says it worked, but after reboot was unable to log in as root.
- Kevin_Stewart
Employee
Do you by chance have appliance mode licensed?
- Thomas_Gobet_91
That's why you can't access bash, it's written in your optional modules. TMSH Only, so you haven't got any access to the system with bash.
- Dennis_Caffi_11Any way around this?
- Thomas_Gobet
That's why you can't access bash, it's written in your optional modules. TMSH Only, so you haven't got any access to the system with bash.
- Dennis_Caffi_11Any way around this?
