Restore APM from UCS
I'm currently working on migrating my old BigIP 3600s running LTM and APM on version 12.1.1.HF2 to new vCMPs running BigIP 12.1.1.HF2 with LTM and APM.
I created UCS on the old BigIP and copied to the new BigIP and then issued:
tmsh load sys ucs oldbigip.ucs no-license no-platform-check
I wasnt expecting it to work perfectly the first time, I was expecting to have to tweak some parts of the UCS for it to restore to the new BigIP but I wasnt expecting the error message I received:
ERROR: Module apm is invalid for platform-migrate mode. Only LTM and GTM are supported.
So it seems the system wont even try to restore any APM config from the UCS because its from a different platform.
Recreating the configuration from scratch on the new BigIP isnt practical. Not only would it take me forever, it would also introduce the risk of typos and mis-configurations.
Anyone come across a work-around for this, or does anyone have any ideas?