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F5_LB_Eng
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Nov 28, 2022
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UCS file

Hi , i have following question about UCS .. What is a “normal” size of UCS file and consider different Modules like LTM / ASM / AWAF / APM and their combinations Which files / directories are in a...
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    Kai_Wilke
    Nov 28, 2022

    Hey, 

    rename the *.UCS file to *.tar.gz and take a look into it to see what is included. The content varies depending on your setup, mudules and rule sets. The size starting with just a few MB and it may end with 200 or even more MB.

    UCS files may grow massively if your device crashed in the past, you put network traces in wrong directories, or for an example your APM has many different (but obsolete) client components installed. In this case 1GB could be realistic...

    Cheers, Kai

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Kai_Wilke
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Nov 28, 2022

Hey, 

rename the *.UCS file to *.tar.gz and take a look into it to see what is included. The content varies depending on your setup, mudules and rule sets. The size starting with just a few MB and it may end with 200 or even more MB.

UCS files may grow massively if your device crashed in the past, you put network traces in wrong directories, or for an example your APM has many different (but obsolete) client components installed. In this case 1GB could be realistic...

Cheers, Kai