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rfc19
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Oct 25, 2015

Restore UCS from 3900 to vCMP Guest (LACP not supported)

Hello,

I am having trouble restoring a UCS file from a 3900 device to a 5525v vCMP guest. The restore process appears to halt when it detects that LACP is configured on the original archive. Is there a way to ignore the LACP component altogether?

Oct 26 08:58:17 tmp-guest err mcpd[5295]: 01070687:3: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is not supported on this platform.
Oct 26 08:58:18 tmp-guest err tmsh[18966]: 01420006:3: Loading configuration process failed.
Oct 26 08:58:18 tmp-guest emerg load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all base" - failed. -- 01070687:3: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is not supported on this platform. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.
Oct 26 08:58:18 tmp-guest err mcpd[5295]: 01070422:3: Base configuration load failed.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

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  • iaine's avatar
    iaine
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    Oct 26, 2015

    You can edit the ucs archive using something like 7Zip to get access to the conf files that are contained within. In the archive, if you look at bigip_base.conf you should see the lacp config detailed in the file which you can then delete/hash out as appropriate. Don't forget to resave the edited archive in 7zip before uploading onto your big-ip.

     

    Make sure you've got a backup copy of the ucs file before you start editing it :-)

     

  • rfc19's avatar
    rfc19
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    Nov 05, 2015

    So, I managed to sort that error out. Then I got hit with a heap more.

     

    We are trying to upgrade from a 3900 (v10) to a vCMP guest (v11.6). Can anyone suggest a smooth process?

     

  • rfc19's avatar
    rfc19
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    Nov 05, 2015

    Hello,

     

    Unfortunately not. We are migrating from the 3900 -> vCMP Guest and cannot touch the 3900 as it's currently in production. To limit the downtime, we are trying to deploy in parallel.

     

    Thanks

     

  • atulvasantchava's avatar
    atulvasantchava
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    Mar 24, 2017

    Hello rfc19, Did you get a solution for your querry? I am also getting same error while migrating from 3900 to vCMP .

     

  • rluhrman_127985's avatar
    rluhrman_127985
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    Apr 17, 2018

    For future admin's running into this error, using an SCF is much more appropriate for migrations than UCS's as the SCF is a single Text File and can be edited and then loaded via TMSH commands. (don't forget to also upload the .zip file with the keys/certs)

     

    v11-v13

     

    v9-v10