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[ashley.thompson]

HI I quite new to the StingRay/SteelApp appliances. but i have to build another for another Site for DR so the TIP's and Server IP addr with different is there a way to back the config open it so it can be modified before i uploading it. for example exporting a CSV so the IP addresses can be changed.

thanks for you time and help  

[aclarke · Accepted solution]

Ashley,

There are several ways to approach this problem, so I will tackle them in order of preference based on experience:

1) If you want to set up an "Active-Active" configuration, Use Multi-Site Manager(MSM):

MSM allows for exactly the setup you refer to.  One of the benefits STM has is that unlike other old-world hardware ADC's, your configuration is not "anchored" to the IP addresses used. With MSM, you get a configuration that allows you to specify which configuration elements are "different" on each site. So in your case, your Virtual Server configuration might be the same (ie: same SSL certificates, same TrafficScript to apply your business logic) but you can specify different Traffic IP addresses and different pools to use. There is a demo video I recorded of MSM available here: Riverbed Stingray Multi Site Manager.mp4 - YouTube that you can watch to see if it helps in your case.

2) If you want to set up a "Cold Standby" configuration in a DR site you have two options:

   a) You can use a full STM backup from the primary, and use the "Restore backup without any machine specific information" option.  This will prevent hostname and system specific settings from coming over (like interface IPs etc) but will bring over TIP and Pool config. From there you can manually edit pool and TIP IPS / configuration.

    b) You can do a Partial Backup / Restore where you can filter the config you want included. Same applies for TIP/Pool IPs as in (a), you can manually edit them after restore. The online help has the syntax and parameter names you can use to build the filter set.

3) If you are OK getting your hands dirty, the STM configuration is just a file structure inside your backup. You can un-tar it, mod, re-tar it, upload to your secondary and restore (either as a full restore, or using the option listed in (2a) above):

TheDeathStar:tmpdir user$ ll
total 1024
[email protected] 1 user  group  522240 Aug  6 11:14 Stingray_config_stm001_20130912.tar
TheDeathStar:tmpdir user$ tar -xf Stingray_config_stm001_20130912.tar
TheDeathStar:tmpdir user$ ll conf/
total 64
[email protected]  1 user  group    14 Aug  6 11:15 DESCRIPTION
[email protected]  1 user  group    17 Aug  6 11:15 NAME
[email protected]  1 user  group     0 Aug  6 11:15 TIMESTAMP
[email protected]  1 user  group     0 Aug  6 11:15 VERSION_9.5
[email protected]  6 user  group   204 Aug  6 11:15 actionprogs
[email protected]  8 user  group   272 Aug  6 11:15 actions
[email protected] 12 user  group   408 Aug  6 11:15 activitymonitor
[email protected]  4 user  group   136 Aug  6 11:15 aptimizer
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 auth
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 authenticators
[email protected]  3 user  group   102 Aug  6 11:15 bandwidth
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 cloudcredentials
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 custom
[email protected] 19 user  group   646 Aug  6 11:15 events
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 extra
[email protected]  6 user  group   204 Aug  6 11:15 flipper
[email protected]  6 user  group   204 Aug  6 11:15 groups
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 jars
[email protected]  3 user  group   102 Aug  6 11:15 licensekeys
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 locations
[email protected]  1 user  group   830 Aug  6 11:15 locations.cfg
[email protected] 25 user  group   850 Aug  6 11:15 monitors
[email protected]  4 user  group   136 Aug  6 11:15 persistence
[email protected] 16 user  group   544 Aug  6 11:15 pools
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 protection
[email protected]  3 user  group   102 Aug  6 11:15 rate
[email protected] 20 user  group   680 Aug  6 11:15 rules
[email protected]  4 user  group   136 Aug  6 11:15 scripts
[email protected]  1 user  group    30 Aug  6 11:15 security
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 services
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 servlets
[email protected]  1 user  group   513 Aug  6 11:15 settings.cfg
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 slm
[email protected]  8 user  group   272 Aug  6 11:15 ssl
[email protected]  2 user  group    68 Aug  6 11:15 supplementarykeys
[email protected]  1 user  group   652 Aug  6 11:15 updater.conf
[email protected]  1 user  group   364 Aug  6 11:15 users
[email protected] 13 user  group   442 Aug  6 11:15 vservers
[email protected]  1 user  group  1045 Aug  6 11:15 zeusafm.conf
[email protected]  4 user  group   136 Aug  6 11:15 zxtms
TheDeathStar:tmpdir user$

Hope this helps