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Scheduling BIG-IP Configuration Backups via the GUI with an iApp

Beginning with BIG-IP version 11, the idea of templates has not only changed in amazing and powerful ways, it has been extended to be far more than just templates.  The replacement for templates is c...
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Robert_Haynes
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Aug 22, 2012
Try running dos2unix on the script file, that seems to cure it. Sadly TMOS doesn't ship with dos2unix so you will need another system.