Forum Discussion
Kevin_Stewart
Dec 04, 2013Employee
You have basically two options:
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Create a timed event on the local system that backs up the config. Thomas' crontab example is a frequently used option. You can also create an external monitor to do the same thing, and then tie the monitor to a "phantom" pool, a pool not bound to a VIP. This enables cron-like timed functionality, and is itself generally backed up with the config. Your script could very easily archive and SCP/FTP the archive off-box at regular intervals. You could even potentially monitor the config for significant changes and only archive it then.
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Use an external management product like F5 Enterprise Manager or BIG-IQ. EM natively archives and stores remote LTM configurations, and can run in a VM.