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mubashir_133429
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Jun 11, 2014

Registration Key and Licenses are replaced and F5 is not working

I have copied the Backup .UCS file from 3400 F5 and restore this Backup file on 8900 . with this it has overwrite every thing my intentions were for Configuration. now 8900 GUI is displaying me the activation screen for License.

 

and i don't have support from F5 as machines are end of life. kindly tell me how to restore previous 8900 .UCS file so that the Reg Key and License for 8900 restored.

 

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  • and i don't have support from F5 as machines are end of life. kindly tell me how to restore previous 8900 .UCS file so that the Reg Key and License for 8900 restored.

     

    you can do it in command line, can't you?

     

    sol13132: Backing up and restoring BIG-IP configuration files (11.x)

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13132.html

     

    by the way, license file and registration key (inside license file) are included in ucs. you can use tool such as 7zip to extract the ucs file.

     

    • mubashir_133429's avatar
      mubashir_133429
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      thanks for quick reply 8900 is with version 10.X and 3400 was 9.4.5 . and i have access to command line. u are saying that i can extract 8900 Reg key and License through 8900 backup .ucs file
  • and i don't have support from F5 as machines are end of life. kindly tell me how to restore previous 8900 .UCS file so that the Reg Key and License for 8900 restored.

     

    you can do it in command line, can't you?

     

    sol13132: Backing up and restoring BIG-IP configuration files (11.x)

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13132.html

     

    by the way, license file and registration key (inside license file) are included in ucs. you can use tool such as 7zip to extract the ucs file.

     

    • mubashir_133429's avatar
      mubashir_133429
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      thanks for quick reply 8900 is with version 10.X and 3400 was 9.4.5 . and i have access to command line. u are saying that i can extract 8900 Reg key and License through 8900 backup .ucs file
  • u are saying that i can extract 8900 Reg key and License through 8900 backup .ucs file

     

    yes, both are in ucs file (license file is /config/bigip.license. registration key is inside the license file).

     

    i use 7zip to extract ucs file.

     

    7zip

     

    http://www.7-zip.org/

     

    • mubashir_133429's avatar
      mubashir_133429
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      how can i upload my old .ucs file from console as load sys ucs is not working
  • u are saying that i can extract 8900 Reg key and License through 8900 backup .ucs file

     

    yes, both are in ucs file (license file is /config/bigip.license. registration key is inside the license file).

     

    i use 7zip to extract ucs file.

     

    7zip

     

    http://www.7-zip.org/

     

    • mubashir_133429's avatar
      mubashir_133429
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      how can i upload my old .ucs file from console as load sys ucs is not working