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Nov 22, 2012

Problem with Sync

Hello,

 

I am having a problem when trying to sync my config from my active unit to my standby unit using ConfigSync or 'bigpipe config sync all' command via CLI;

 

The following message displays;

 

[root@f5bigip:Active] config b config sync all

 

Checking configuration on local system and peer system...

 

Peer's IP address: 192.x.x.x

 

Synchronizing Master Keys...

 

Saving active configuration...

 

Configsync Mode: Push

 

Transferring UCS to peer...

 

Installing UCS on peer...

 

OperationFailed exception:

 

Primary error : 16908289

 

Secondary error: 0

 

Error text : Error installing configuration

 

Obtaining results of remote configuration installation...

 

Saving active configuration...

 

BIGpipe parsing error:

 

012e0028:3: There is no valid configuration to save.

 

Please check the logs for licensing, configuration, or other problems.

 

Current configuration backed up to /var/local/ucs/cs_backup.ucs.

 

Product : BIG-IP

 

Version : 10.1.0

 

Hostname: UCS : f5bigip

 

System: f5bigip2

 

Installing --shared-- configuration on host f5bigip2

 

Installing configuration...

 

Installing ASM configuration...

 

Post-processing...

 

BIGpipe static route creation error:

 

01070330:3: Static route gateway 10.x.x.x is not directly connected via an interface.

 

Reading configuration from /config/low_profile_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /defaults/config_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip_sys.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /usr/share/monitors/base_monitors.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/profile_base.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/daemon.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip.conf.

 

Reading configuration from /config/bigip_local.conf.

 

Loading the configuration ...

 

Loading ASM configuration...

 

 

WARNING: There were one or more errors detected during installation.

 

Check the error messages and take the proper actions if needed.

 

ERROR: UCS installation failed.

 

Operation aborted.

 

/tmp/configsync.spec: Error installing package

 

Config install aborted.

 

BIGpipe parsing error:

 

01110001:3: Error running config install

 

[root@f5bigip:Active] config

 

 

Here is the tail of /var/log/ltm

 

Nov 22 18:37:33 local/f5bigip2 info bigpipe: Begin config install operation: /var/local/ucs/__sync_remote__.ucs

 

Nov 22 18:37:36 local/f5bigip2 notice logger: /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/im -exclfrom -q -force /var/local/ucs/__sync_remote__.ucs ==> /usr/bin/bigstart stop named

 

Nov 22 18:37:36 local/f5bigip2 notice mcpd[3241]: 01070410:5: Removed subscription with subscriber id named

 

Nov 22 18:37:38 local/f5bigip2 notice logger: /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/im -exclfrom -q -force /var/local/ucs/__sync_remote__.ucs ==> /usr/bin/bigstart stop zrd

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070465:6: Resuming log processing at this invocation; held 331 messages.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 01070465:4: DB changed: failover.nettimeoutsec, configsync needed

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 01070465:4: DB changed: failover.netretrylimit, configsync needed

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 01070465:4: DB changed: failover.failbackdelay, configsync needed

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 01070465:4: DB changed: failover.activemode, configsync needed

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 01070465:4: DB changed: failover.manfailback, configsync needed

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070465:6: Per-invocation log rate exceeded; throttling.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070417:6: Per-invocation log rate exceeded; throttling.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:6: Resuming log processing at this invocation; held 8 messages.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:4: failover.netretrylimit is not in BigDB.dat.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:4: pva.acceleration.strategy is not in BigDB.dat.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:4: compression.hardware.ratio is not in BigDB.dat.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:4: serial.console.speed is not in BigDB.dat.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 warning mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:4: failover.sslhardware is not in BigDB.dat.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 010712e9:6: Per-invocation log rate exceeded; throttling.

 

Nov 22 18:37:43 local/f5bigip2 info mprov: Invoked as: MPROV (pid=29678) --file /var/run/config/.mprov.temp --quiet --list

 

Nov 22 18:37:47 local/f5bigip2 info mprov: Provisioning (validation) successful.

 

Nov 22 18:37:49 local/f5bigip2 notice logger: /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/im -exclfrom -q -force /var/local/ucs/__sync_remote__.ucs ==> /usr/bin/bigstart start named

 

Nov 22 18:37:49 local/f5bigip2 notice logger: /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/im -exclfrom -q -force /var/local/ucs/__sync_remote__.ucs ==> /usr/bin/bigstart start zrd

 

Nov 22 18:37:49 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070417:6: Resuming log processing at this invocation; held 338 messages.

 

Nov 22 18:37:50 local/f5bigip2 notice sod[3267]: 010c0044:5: Command: running disable zrd bigstart.

 

Nov 22 18:37:52 local/f5bigip2 err mcpd[3241]: 01070330:3: Static route gateway 10.130.4.1 is not directly connected via an interface.

 

Nov 22 18:37:59 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070417:6: Per-invocation log rate exceeded; throttling.

 

Nov 22 18:38:01 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070417:6: Resuming log processing at this invocation; held 1 messages.

 

Nov 22 18:38:01 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070417:6: Per-invocation log rate exceeded; throttling.

 

Nov 22 18:38:02 local/f5bigip2 err bigpipe[27817]: 01110001:3: Error running config install

 

Nov 22 18:38:03 local/f5bigip2 info mcpd[3241]: 01070417:6: Resuming log processing at this invocation; held 1 messages.

 

[root@f5bigip2:Standby] config

 

 

Can anyone help at all?

 

Regards,

 

Ed

 

1 Reply

  • Have you compared the non-shared configuration between devices at all and made sure the required objects are present? Things such as;

     

     

    •VLANs

     

    •Non floating Self IP Addresses

     

    •Device Failover Configuration

     

     

    This in particular seems to suggest something is missing from the second device: "01070330:3: Static route gateway 10.x.x.x is not directly connected via an interface"

     

     

    As an alternative, you could try manually saving a UCS from device 1 and trying to install it on device 2 or a test device and seeing if you get any further errors.