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smp_86112
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Oct 11, 2012

v10.2.4 - install base config on an inactive volume, leaving other volumes intact

I am testing my disaster recovery process on a 1600 GTM running 10.2.4HF3. My intent is to load the base config on an inactive volume on a lab unit, boot to that volume, and restore the config from a...
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smp_86112
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Oct 11, 2012
> if you are already using volume disk-formatting scheme, can you just use software management or command line (tmsh/bigpipe) rather than image2disk?

 

 

Yeah, if you want to pull forward the config. But that's exactly what I am trying to avoid. Maybe I didn't communicate this clearly - I'm trying to format a single volume and install only the base config. Your article reference looks promising, though it seems like that option was an afterthought. I need to get better at searching ASK.