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mclaugmi_59816
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Apr 24, 2008

Using Powershell to backup configuration on a LTM or GTM

When I try to connect to a ltm I receive the following error   Initialize-f5.icontorl : could not initialize connection with supplied information at c:\psscripts\systeminfo.ps1:166 char:34 * $succe...
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Joe_Pruitt
Apr 24, 2008
You should be using the management address that the web gui running under. This error means that one of two things occurred.

 

 

1) A https connection to the contents of $g_bigip could not be made.

 

2) You are running through a proxy server (the snapin doesn't natively support proxy servers right now).

 

3) The supplied credentials were not valid for a connection to https://$g_bigiip/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi.

 

 

Unfortuantely I can't really offer much more guidance as I can't test your connectivity. I would suggest you try connecting with a browser with $g_bigip, $g_uid, and $g_pwd to make sure it's valid. If that works and the powershell pieces doesn't, then I'm at a loss on where to go next since asll it is trying to do is establish a ssl connection the same way the browser would.

 

 

-Joe