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aries_232853
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Aug 21, 2017

Reset all configuration to default except bigip_base.conf

Hi everyone,   Is there a way I can reset the configuration of my vCMP guest but still retain its network and HA configuration?   I've read this article: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K688...
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Aug 21, 2017

I dont recall there's one for 11.x. When you run 

tmsh load sys config default
, it wipes out every configuration and sets it to factory default setting.

In order to have default bigip.conf, I'd try the below setups.

Pre-requisite, you should have a fresh bigip.conf file.

  1. Have a ucs backup taken. 
    tmsh save sys ucs /var/tmp/before_reset.ucs
  2. Have a original bigip.conf backup taken. 
    cp /config/bigip.conf /var/tmp/before-reset-bigip.conf
  3. Have the fresh bigip.conf file moved to /config/bigip.conf 
    cp /var/tmp/fresh-bigip.conf /config/bigip.conf
  4. Load the config, in this way, your network settings are intact and you have a fresh bigip.conf 
    tmsh load sys config

In the event there's no fresh bigip.conf file, I would just take UCS backup, reset it to default. Now I have fresh bigip.conf file. I would take a copy of this and load the original UCS again and put back this fresh bigip.conf file and load the config.

  1. Have a ucs backup taken. 
    tmsh save sys ucs /var/tmp/before_reset.ucs
  2. Have a original bigip.conf backup taken. 
    cp /config/bigip.conf /var/tmp/before-reset-bigip.conf
  3. Reset to factory setting. 
    tmsh load sys config default
  4. Have the fresh bigip.conf file moved to /var/tmp/bigip.conf 
    cp /config/bigip.conf /var/tmp/fresh-bigip.conf
  5. Load the original UCS back again, in this way your network settings are again loaded. 
    tmsh load sys ucs /var/tmp/before_reset.ucs
  6. Now that you have fresh bigip.conf file in the temp folder, move it back and load the config. 
    cp /var/tmp/fresh-bigip.conf /config/bigip.conf
  7. Load the config. 
    tmsh load sys config

Do wait for others to comment on their methods. If there's any easy approach, you can try that.