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John_Stewart_47
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Sep 29, 2008

reading .ucs archive

Is there a way to raed a .ucs archive file to see what a configuration was?

 

 

Thanks!
  • A ucs file is a gzip compressed tar archive. You can extract it on the BIG-IP using tar:

     

     

    mkdir /var/tmp/ucs_extract

     

    cd /var/tmp/ucs_extract

     

    cp /path/to/your.ucs /var/tmp/ucs_extract/

     

    tar xvfz your.ucs

     

     

    Else, you can copy it to a workstation and use a standard zip archive utility like WinRAR or WinZIP to open and view the files.

     

     

    Here are a few related solutions:

     

     

    SOL4423: Overview of UCS archives (Click here)

     

     

    SOL8465: Viewing and extracting the contents of an encrypted UCS archive file (Click here)

     

     

    Aaron
  • Don_MacVittie_1's avatar
    Don_MacVittie_1
    Historic F5 Account
    From your choice of wording, I'm guessing you don't want the current config - which is a text file on the box - but only have access to a historic ucs?

     

    Hoolio's answer is, as usual, great if that is the case.

     

    If you just want to see the current startup config, there are easier methods.

     

     

    Don.
  • No, i want to see what was in the config at the time an archive was made, prior to changes being made.

     

     

    I copied the file to my desktop. When I opened the .ucs with winzip I find the following file: configsync-2.0-1-Linux-2.4.219.1.2.37.0.im

     

     

    I want to look at the bigip.conf.

     

     

     

     

  • I was able to view the archive on my PC using WINRAR. Could not get it to work with winzip.

     

     

    Thanks for the help.
  • Hi John,

     

     

    The configsync...im file is a tar archive. As you found WinRar handles this easily. WinZIP should be able to also if you manually open it with WinZIP or associate WinZIP with the .im file type.

     

     

    Aaron
  • Good day,

     

     

    I am a new user to F5...

     

    Normally, most tasks are doen through GUI.

     

    Today, I am in a situation, where I have to use Telnet.

     

     

    What is the proper way to view the current configuration through CLI?

     

     

    Best Regards

     

    ahhead21
  • Try these commands:

     

     

    b list

     

    b base list

     

    cat /config/bigip.conf

     

    cat /config/bigip_base.conf