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OviShare_69630's avatar
OviShare_69630
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Sep 29, 2009

configsync schedule

I'm pretty new to F5, so this may be an easy question. I would like to FTP my configuration to an FTP site on a regular basis, and I'd like to do this after my primary syncs the config to the failover. My question is where can I see the schedule for the synchronization? I can see with the "b config sync show" command that my configsync runs ("Last Configsync 2009-09-25 11:51:17"), but I may want to change that. Is there a way to see what the actual scheduled configsync is? I want to see more than just when the last sync was.
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  • The_Bhattman's avatar
    The_Bhattman
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    Sep 29, 2009
    Out of the box, the F5 configsync process is not automated. This could be automated by cronjobs at a specific interval. The following are configs to perform backups

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/AdvDesignConfig/LTM_Backup_Shell_Script.html

     

     

    I hope this helps

     

    CB

     

  • OviShare_69630's avatar
    OviShare_69630
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    Sep 29, 2009
    Thing is, I know it IS automated. My F5's are being synched every Monday morning. I just don't know how that is happening, because I can't see the schedule.
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Sep 29, 2009
    If your config is being sync'd automatically, it's due to something external to the default configuration. There may be a cronjob that someone added. You can check using 'crontab -l' from the command line. Or it could be done from an external script via SSH or iControl (or possibly Enterprise Manager).

     

     

    Aaron
  • L4L7_53191's avatar
    L4L7_53191
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    Sep 30, 2009
    Would you happen to have an Enterprise Manager device doing this?

     

    -Matt
  • OviShare_69630's avatar
    OviShare_69630
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    Sep 30, 2009

    Would you happen to have an Enterprise Manager device doing this?

     

     

     

     

    uh.... how would I know?
  • Nick_T_68319's avatar
    Nick_T_68319
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    Oct 09, 2009
    I don't think the Enterprise Manager has an option to do configsync's on a schedule. It is probably a cron job.