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Nov 20, 2016

Unable to restore UCS file 11.4.1 HF10

Hi all,   I was given a UCS file which was created by using version 11.4.1 HF10. I have no information about the model of the F5 appliance that this file came from. I tried to restore this file on...
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Nov 21, 2016

Hi Iain,

 

Thanks for your answer. I created the full path /var/tmp/install_all/config/ucs_version but again the fatal error for extracting the UCS remains.

 

root@(default)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) load sys ucs XXXXXX.ucs no-license no-platform-check Replace all configuration on the system? (y/n) y Processing UCS file: /var/local/ucs/XXXXX.ucs

 

Installing full UCS () data, excluding license file. Saving active configuration... The hostname is set to default Extracting manifest: /var/local/ucs/XXXXXX.ucs Fatal: executing: /bin/sh -c tar -zxf /var/local/ucs/XXXXXXXX.ucs -C /var/tmp/.install_ucs 2> /dev/null Operation aborted.

 

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