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Ingo_37166's avatar
Ingo_37166
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Apr 24, 2008

rename VirtualServers or Pools

Hello,

 

 

i need to change some configs - the definied names of my VirtualServers do not match my new requirements.

 

 

Via the GUI i found no way to rename a VirtualServer or a Pool.

 

Is there something via command line or any trick to do it?

 

 

Of course i could delte it and make it new ... but

 

 

Thanks a lot, Ingo

 

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4 Replies

  • Keith_Richards_'s avatar
    Keith_Richards_
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    Apr 24, 2008
    I guess this depends on how confident you are with editing files from the command line. If you use nano to edit /config/bigip.conf you can change the names of your virtual servers.

     

     

    When you come save and exit from the file type:

     

    b load

     

    and this will make active your changes. You will see that in the GUI the names have now changed.

     

    Make sure you back up your working bigip.conf file first.

     

     

  • Don_MacVittie_1's avatar
    Don_MacVittie_1
    Historic F5 Account
    Apr 25, 2008
    Hey Ingo,

     

     

    If you have created some of them via iControl and not used ConfigSync to save the running configuration, that would be why.

     

    If you are using the GUI, I don't know - it should automatically save your changes.

     

     

    Hope that helps,

     

    Don.
  • Ingo_37166's avatar
    Ingo_37166
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    May 06, 2008
    Hi,

     

     

    i found my configs. They are split in two files.

     

    Some is in bigip.conf and the rest ist in bigip_local.conf.

     

     

    Dont know why - but it works to edit them.

     

     

    Greetings, Ingo