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Sammi_S_315638
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Jan 17, 2019

vCMP virtual disk migration between hosts

Is it possible to copy a virtual disk for a vCMP guest from one BIG-IP vCMP host to another vCMP host and expect the image to successfully run on the new hardware? Not ViPRION in this case, it's from one BIG-IP appliance to another. The licenses should match between the systems.

 

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  • RaghavendraSY_7's avatar
    RaghavendraSY_7
    Jan 17, 2019

    License is different for each device. You take a backup of UCS file and restore on another device with below command.

     

    tmsh load /sys ucs no-license

     

    Some times if encrypted passwords are configured on original device, you need to nullify the passwords before restoring the UCS file on new device.

     

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    RaghavendraSY
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    Jan 17, 2019

    License is different for each device. You take a backup of UCS file and restore on another device with below command.

     

    tmsh load /sys ucs no-license

     

    Some times if encrypted passwords are configured on original device, you need to nullify the passwords before restoring the UCS file on new device.

     

    • Sammi_S_315638's avatar
      Sammi_S_315638
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      Jan 17, 2019

      Thank you very much indeed. I did have some issues migrating using UCS due to encrypted passwords.

       

      I received the error message below, and assumed it had to do with the master key on the device.

       

      2019 Jan 16 16:26:58 name load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all platform-migrate" - failed. -- 01071769:3: Decryption of the field (privatekey) for object (9717) failed. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.

       

      I did however reset the master key passwords on the source and target systems to the same password, according to the solution below, but i still received the error above. Now I'm not sure which encrypted password is stopping the migration to go through.

       

      https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K9420

       

  • RaghavendraSY_7's avatar
    RaghavendraSY_7
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    Jan 17, 2019

    License is different for each device. You take a backup of UCS file and restore on another device with below command.

     

    tmsh load /sys ucs no-license

     

    Some times if encrypted passwords are configured on original device, you need to nullify the passwords before restoring the UCS file on new device.

     

    • Sammi_S_315638's avatar
      Sammi_S_315638
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      Jan 17, 2019

      Thank you very much indeed. I did have some issues migrating using UCS due to encrypted passwords.

       

      I received the error message below, and assumed it had to do with the master key on the device.

       

      2019 Jan 16 16:26:58 name load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all platform-migrate" - failed. -- 01071769:3: Decryption of the field (privatekey) for object (9717) failed. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.

       

      I did however reset the master key passwords on the source and target systems to the same password, according to the solution below, but i still received the error above. Now I'm not sure which encrypted password is stopping the migration to go through.

       

      https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K9420

       

  • RaghavendraSY's avatar
    RaghavendraSY
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    Jan 17, 2019

    verify bigip.conf and bigip_base.conf files and see any encrypted passwords are there, if yes nullify them.