Restore only VIPs and pools across a non HA pair?

I have accomplished that sort of task by running a "b virtual list > myvips" and a b pool list > mypools, this will give you two files myvips and mypools which you can run a b merge myvips then b merge mypools and then if that gets you what you want - you can do a b save and your done, if it isn't what you need, then you can do a b load to restore your previous config.

I might add - if you don't already have all the monitors and profiles associated the b merge will not work, another option would be to copy your bigip.conf and edit out what you don't want to change, or you can also do the same thing as above for monitors, profiles etc... you can also edit your output file from the b list - and modify take out any profiles etc...

I need to do this too, I really wish F5 had this build in some how.

 

 

Does any one know how to accomplish something like this with TMSH?

is merge command useful?

bigpipe

BIG-IP and Merge File Configuration Changes by Michael Yates

https://devcentral.f5.com/tech-tips/articles/big-ip-and-merge-file-configuration-changes

tmsh

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) load sys config merge ?
Options:
  base           Base configuration.
  file           The configuration in the specified file.
  from-terminal  The configuration from terminal.
  gtm-only       GTM configuration only.
  user-only      User account configuration only.
  verify         Validates the specified configuration from file(s) or from terminal without changing the running configuration.