Where LTM's getting its configuration?

Hi Alex,

 

 

What error do you get when running 'b load'? That should work to force a reload of the config from file into memory.

 

 

Else, you can remove the binary config file cache (this requires an outage though):

 

 

bigstart stop

 

rm /var/db/mcp.*

 

bigstart start

 

 

sol13030: Forcing the mcpd process to reload configuration

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/000/sol13030.html

 

 

SOL6622: Change in Behavior: Beginning in version 9.4, BIG-IP loads its configuration from binary image files instead of text-based files at system startup

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/600/sol6622.html

 

 

Aaron

Hi Hoolio, thanks for answer, I was about to post the information you included, kudos to F5 support engineer.

 

 

> What error do you get when running 'b load'? That should work to force a reload of the config from file into memory.

 

 

I believe (and F5 support engineer tentatively agreed) that SOL11933: "A VLAN cannot be moved between partitions during a single configuration file import operation" is not limited to just the import but also to "b load" and "b verify load".

 

 

Just for completeness:

 

> you can remove the binary config file cache (this requires an outage though)

 

or (as per sol13030) "touch /service/mcpd/forceload" will also do it.

 

Thanks for clarifying what the issue was. I figure a bigstart stop/stop is faster than a reboot :)

 

 

Aaron