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Manual : Managing BIG-IP Devices from BIG-IQ

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0

Original Publication Date: 02/24/2021
Updated Date: 04/26/2022

BIG-IQ Centralized Management Overview

BIG-IQ Centralized Management Overview

Device Discovery and Basic Device Management

Establish trust and add BIG-IP devices for management by BIG-IQ

How do I start managing BIG-IP devices

About basic device management

Statistics Monitoring Overview

What analysis can I perform using collected statistics?

How do I get started managing statistics data?

Navigating a statistics overview screen

Script Management

Create a script to run on your managed devices

Run a script on BIG-IP devices

License Management

How do I manage software licenses for my devices?

Options for adding and activating a license pool

Create a registration key pool for standalone BIG-IP VE licenses

Assigning, revoking, and changing a license or license pool

Active and historical pool license usage reports

License usage billing reports

BIG-IP Software Upgrades

How do I manage software for BIG-IP devices?

SSL Certificates

How do I manage the local traffic SSL certificates for my BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ ?

Backup File Management

How do I manage backups for BIG-IP configurations?

Create users with backup download permissions

Back up a device's current configuration

Set up a UCS backup schedule

Pausing and restarting a UCS backup schedule

Download a UCS configuration file

Compare two UCS backup files

Restoring a device with a UCS backup file

Using Templates for Managing Configurations

About configuration templates

Deploying a configuration template to managed devices

Deploying Object Changes to Managed Devices

How do shared objects impact my deployments?

How do I evaluate changes made to managed objects?

How do I deploy changes made to managed objects?

Managing Configuration Snapshots

What are configuration object snapshots?

Create a snapshot

Compare snapshots

Restore some objects from a snapshot

Restore all objects from a snapshot

Updating the GeoIP database on a managed device

Geolocation database overview

Updating the GeoIP database on a managed device

Update the geolocation database on your BIG-IQ

Enable advanced shell terminal access on managed devices

Send geolocation updates to managed devices

Monitor geolocation database updates

Opting out of Usage Data Collection

BIG-IQ usage data overview

Opt out of usage data collection

View usage data report