UCS saving process failed. Can't fork

It appears the issue is with trying to use a passphrase to encrypt the UCS file.

With no private keys and not encrypted it works

[/S1-green-P:Active:In Sync] ~  tmsh save sys ucs /var/tmp/DJ/$HOSTNAME"."$(date +%Y%m%d).ucs no-private-key
Saving active configuration...
/var/tmp/DJ/servername.20190402.ucs is saved.
Please note that UCS files saved with the no-private-key option may load with validation errors.

With private keys and encrypted it fails

[/S1-green-P:Active:In Sync] ~  tmsh save sys ucs /var/tmp/DJ/$HOSTNAME"."$(date +%Y%m%d).ucs passphrase g00b3r
Saving active configuration...
Can't fork at /usr/local/bin/im line 305.
/var/tmp/configsync.spec: Error creating package

WARNING:There are error(s) during saving.
            Not everything was saved.
            Be very careful when using this saved file!

Error creating package
Error during config save.
Unexpected Error: UCS saving process failed.

Version running is:

[/S1-green-P:Active:In Sync] ~  tmsh show sys version

Sys::Version
Main Package
  Product     BIG-IP
  Version     12.1.3.5
  Build       0.0.10
  Edition     Point Release 5
  Date        Mon May 21 17:36:20 PDT 2018

DennisH, I'm running into the same issue. Is this a virtual or physical device?

 

-Chris

 

Take a look at

 

K25633150: EPSEC OPSWAT files may remain in the filestore after deletion

 

to see if there are residual (or just excessive) EPSEC OPSWAT files in the filestore.

 

This can make the ucs extremely large, and causes issues for archive processes (such as encryption).

 

S Blakely,

 

I removed the residual files. The problem still remains.

 

-Chris