'tmsh load sys config' vs 'tmsh save sys config'

well tmsh load sys config LOADS the config and tmsh save sys config SAVES the config.

or am i missing something in your question?

I mean what is the effect of of this command to bigip.conf and bigip_base.conf?

I mean what is the effect of of this command to bigip.conf and bigip_base.conf?

so tmsh save sys config SAVES the config to bigip.conf and bigip_base.conf and tmsh load sys config LOADS the config from bigip.conf and bigip_base.conf.

Spidey,

If you've made changed in the CLI to the running config, added a node/virtual etc. then this is not reflected in bigip.conf file. To make the change permanent you would need to run tmsh save sys config.

If you wanted to back out the change and hadn't saved the config you could run tmsh load sys config and the stored config in the bigip.conf file would be loaded into the running config.

Hope this helps,

N

Thanks boneyard and nathan! We had an issue with our bigip device wherein we change the self ip address and using vi editor and conducted 'tmsh load sys config". Upon checking, the self ip reflected on webui but not on the "ifconfig -a" command.

Thanks boneyard and nathan! We had an issue with our bigip device wherein we change the self ip address and using vi editor and conducted 'tmsh load sys config". Upon checking, the self ip reflected on webui but not on the "ifconfig -a" command.

ok, it might have been wiser to explain all that to start with.

i just tried what you described and for me it works. i edited the /config/bigip_base.conf file for the IP shown on ipconfig -a. do remember you might need to edit it twice if you use the IP also as name:

net self /Common/10.3.26.8 { <-- **here**
    address 10.3.26.8/24 <-- **here**
    allow-service none
    traffic-group /Common/traffic-group-local-only
    vlan /Common/ha
}

after a tmsh load sys config the ip address shown on ipconfig -a was different. it wasn't the one i changed it to but one of the other IPs i have on that interface. keep that in mind also, if you have multiple IPs on an interface / vlan ifconfig -a will just show one.

Hi Boneyard,

Did you tried editing a single SelfIP from a VLAN? Mine retains the prevoius IP.Is there any other way to update it aside from ifconfig command?

Spidey that is exactly what i did and i pointed out several points for you to look at. could you just show what you do and that it actually remains the same? if you don't feel comfortable sharing that information here i would advise you to open a support ticket because it can always be a bug.

i would also strongly advise against doing it via the ifconfig command, that is not a supported way to make changes to selfIPs. keep in mind that management runs linux but the actually traffic handling is done within the TMM processes and that is were you make changes, not with generic linux commands.