Restore from UCS archive to existing BIG-IP system in a redundant pair.
Hi, We have a pair of BIG-IP devices for redundancy. I've backed up our BIG-IP configuration to a UCS archive, and now plan to do some work on the system, one BIG-IP device at a time. The backup is in case this does not go to plan. I see K8086 for "Replacing a BIG-IP system in a redundant pair without interrupting service", but I am not replacing either device, I'm keeping both and possibly using the UCS archive to restore the device to a good configuration of itself if there are problems. Is there any knowledgebase for this, or is K8086 the closest thing, and if so, which steps are not required? Version is BIG-IP 11.5.4. Thanks
Backup using External Monitor
Hi, We are trying to automate the backup using external monitor.Tried using the below script.Looks like monitor is marking the pool as UP but the content(UCS)is not getting copied over to the destination. Please suggest. !/bin/bash IP= echo ${1} | sed 's/::ffff://' PORT=${2} PIDFILE="/var/run/ basename ${0} .${IP}_${PORT}.pid" if [ -f $PIDFILE ] then kill -9 cat $PIDFILE > /dev/null 2>&1 fi echo "$$" > $PIDFILE tmsh save sys ucs today && scp /var/local/ucs/today.ucs user@${IP}:/var/tmp/backups/ && ssh user@${IP} ls /var/tmp/backups |grep "today" 2>&1 > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ] then echo "UP" fi rm -f $PIDFILE exit
Installing Backup
Hi All, I need to import UCS backup from an F5 VM which is running on ver15.1.2.1 to a new VM which is running on ver12.1.5.3. Is it possible or I have to do an upgrade on new VM to make the version same on both? I know that I need to take master key of the existing VM while importing the backup? What should I do about the existing license in the UCS file --> running this command will work "load sys ucs no-license" or I have to run any other to command to make this work? What other steps are need to import the UCS file successfully? How to confirm whether the complete config is imported or not? Sorry for asking so may questions, I tried searching for all these but no help. Thanks, Ashish Solanki