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aj11
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Oct 17, 2017

What is the best way to find and disable/remove obsolete VIPs, pools and hosts?

I'm sure there are reports that show hits and all but is there a collective way to see last hits or frequency, and hosts that are no longer used? I need to get rid of old items no longer in use and am looking for a fairly easy solution. Thanks.

 

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    Kevin_K_51432
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    Greetings,

     

    Do you have access to iHealth? There's a pretty cool feature there called Config Explorer which has an Unused Objects section. That might be a great first step?

     

    iHealth > Config Explorer > Unused Objects

     

    https://f5.com/support/tools/ihealth

     

    Hope this is somewhat helpful!

     

    Kevin

     

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      Kevin_K_51432
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      You're welcome. It appears this is a matter of object association. For example, policies, profiles or pools not associated with virtual servers.

       

      I found this article which offers a bit more detail:

       

      K15335: F5 recommends removing orphaned configuration objects

       

      https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15335

       

      Kevin

       

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      aj11
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      Thanks. What determines an object is "unused" in this case?