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DFresh4130_2492
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Apr 10, 2012

Script to identify if unit is active or standby

Hi All,     I currently have basic operator privileges to our F5 systems. I haven't worked with F5s much in the past and have never written scripts to interact with them before.     I'm b...
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Hamish
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Apr 19, 2012
And also to sync from the current unit to the peer... 


sub syncConfig {
  my($configAPI, $synctype)=@_;

  print "syncConfig:\n";
  my $soapResponse = $configAPI->synchronize_configuration(SOAP::Data->name(sync_flag => $synctype));
  my($status,$text)=&checkResponse($soapResponse);
  if(($status!=1)||($text ne "OK")) {
    print "syncConfig: status $status error [$text] from synchronize_configuration($synctype)\n";
    return;
  }
  print "syncConfig: status $status success [$text] from synchronize_configuration($synctype)\n";

  print "syncConfig:\n";
}

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