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F5 Automated Backups - The Right Way

Hi all,   Often I've been scouring the devcentral fora and codeshares to find that one piece of handywork that will drastically simplify my automated backup needs on F5 devices. Based on the wo...
Published Mar 12, 2014
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@remosser, You will have to edit the template and reimport. The following is for v3.1.4:

  1. Open the template in a text editor (not in the F5 GUI).
  2. Rename the template (not the text file) by finding line 68 and changing
    f5.automated_backup.v3.1.4
    to
    f5.automated_backup.v3.1.4_pruning_600
    or something.
  3. Then find line 483 (or near) which should be
    interval 60 \
    and change
    60
    to however many seconds you want.
  4. Import the template to the F5 which should show up as a new template (with the new name you set).
  5. Open your iApp configuration, change the template, and redeploy. You may need to set the Frequency to
    Disabled
    , finish, then go back and set the Frequency back to your desired values. I can't remember what exactly needs to be done to cause the iCall scripts to be regenerated.

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