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KRM's avatar
KRM
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Jun 06, 2011

ucs import fails

Hi all,

 

I am trying to transfer full configuration from a LTM 3600 to another. Both of the boxes are running on 10.2.1 . Basically i generate an ucs file from one box and planing to import that one to the other. The ucs includes certificate files / irules and long configuration. The hostnames are matching which means full synchronization should happen. ( I have a backup of the licence and regkey in temp folder and i ve put them back after the ucs installation ) I do the operation from command line but i get the error message below. As far as i checked, I have most of the configuration in place but i need to find a proper and permanent solution to this problem.

 

 

 

I will try sync to peer iso importing ucs as a further step.

 

 

 

any advice will be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[------] ~ bigpipe config install backup.ucs

 

Saving active configuration...

 

tar: conf/ssl.key: time stamp 2011-08-25 03:21:21 is 6851421 s in the future

 

Current configuration backed up to /var/local/ucs/cs_backup.ucs.

 

Product : BIG-IP

 

Version : 10.2.1

 

Hostname: ---

 

Installing --full-- configuration on host ---

 

Installing configuration...

 

Installing the license file...

 

Installing ASM configuration...

 

Post-processing...

 

Reloading License and configuration - this may take a few minutes...

 

Jun 6 20:11:13 local/---- emerg mcpd[3722]: 01070608:0: License is not operational (expired or digital signature does not match contents).

 

Configuration loading error: high-config-load-failed

 

Loading ASM configuration...

 

 

 

WARNING: There were one or more errors detected during installation.

 

Check the error messages and take the proper actions if needed.

 

ERROR: UCS installation failed.

 

Operation aborted.

 

/tmp/configsync.spec: Error installing package

 

Config install aborted.

 

BIGpipe parsing error:

 

01110001:3: Error running config install

 

 

 

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7 Replies

  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jun 06, 2011
    after replacing the backup license, have u done "bigstart restart"? it is required.

     

     

    steps should look like this.

     

    1, restore ucs

     

    2, replace the backup license

     

    3, bigstart restart

     

     

    cheer!
  • KRM's avatar
    KRM
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    Jun 06, 2011
    Thanks for quick reply :) Actually i don't have a license problem now. The box is up and running and accessible. The only problem is i wonder if some config is missing as the ucs installation has failed. ( the box i imported the ucs had no config on it before the import ).

     

     

    Thanks !
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jun 06, 2011
    > The only problem is i wonder if some config is missing as the ucs installation has failed.

     

    i don't think so. to me, it looks like license problem. all config should already be there. :-)
  • KRM's avatar
    KRM
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    Jun 06, 2011
    I checked the config deeply and looks fine as you said the problem might be license related. I ve also tried to import the ucs to another box before but it failed and not accessible via GUI. ( got stuck on "Configuration Utility restarting" ) When i connect via ssh i get the error "emerg logger: Re-starting tomcat" continuously. I restarted the box several times but still getting the error. I want to try to import a previous backup usc from command line but i am not sure how can i do this on tmos. Please advice,, Thanks !!
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jun 06, 2011
    >When i connect via ssh i get the error "emerg logger: Re-starting tomcat" continuously.

     

    was there any suspicious in log e.g. /var/log/daemon.log, /var/log/tomcat4?

     

     

    >I want to try to import a previous backup usc from command line but i am not sure how can i do this on tmos.

     

    isn't b config install usable??
  • KRM's avatar
    KRM
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    Jun 06, 2011
    I tried to run commands but tmos shell is something new i guess. I could not find any cli ref. The user i use is set to tmsh as default which makes the situation worse.

     

     

    I captured the output below when i run "show system" Looks odd : /

     

     

    Sys::System Memory Information

     

    Memory Used(bytes) Current Average Max(since 06/06 14:47)

     

    ------------------------------------------------------------

     

    Total Phys Memory 7.8G 7.8G 7.8G

     

    OS Used Memory 6.5G 6.5G 6.5G

     

    TMM Alloc Memory 5.3G 5.3G 5.3G

     

    TMM Used Memory 110.3M 110.4M 110.7M
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jun 07, 2011
    u want to restore ucs by tmsh, don't u?

     

    if so, have u seen sol11318. there is tmsh section there.

     

     

    sol11318: Backing up and restoring BIG-IP version 10.x configuration files

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/300/sol11318.html