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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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Thanks so much for your help! That worked like a champ. I basically set the backup schedule to kick off a few minutes after making the day and time changes and the archive kicked off without any issues or errors. The new pruning check is also working as expected, per your explanation. Thanks again!

 

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