Understanding the BIG_IQ restore process

Here's some tips on BIGIQ restore.

1st it works great,  but you need to  know a few items


A: if you  restore the active f5 it will swack roles to "standby".  This is a standard function.

B: The unit will   go off-line and disconnect while the restoral takes places

C: than a oneline disconnect

D: you will probably need to  do  cfg-sync

During the restore the bigstart process will restart but the system will not reboot.

E: if you try to restore the same "file" twice you can see the following  error

 

Ken Felix

NSE ( network security expert) and Route/Switching Engineer

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