SFTP failing with CHILDSTATUS 21707 1 and REMOTE COPY (SFTP) STARTING sftp: illegal option -- i

[cbrandys]

When I try to back up my LTM's with SFTP I receive the illegal option error as well as the childstatus error. I have confirmed that I am able to SFTP from the F5 to SFTP server via cli so the private key and known_hosts should not be a problem. I also have tried with SCP and same errors.

Here is the output.

Saving active configuration... s_F5_Backup: STARTED f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs GENERATING

/var/local/ucs/ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs is saved. f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs SAVED LOCALLY (/var/local/ucs) f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs REMOTE COPY (SFTP) STARTING sftp: illegal option -- i usage: sftp [-1Cv] [-B buffer_size] [-b batchfile] [-F ssh_config] [-o ssh_option] [-P sftp_server_path] [-R num_requests] [-S program] [-s subsystem | sftp_server] host sftp [[user@]host[:file [file]]] sftp [[user@]host[:dir[/]]] sftp -b batchfile [user@]host f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs REMOTE COPY (SFTP) FAILED ErrorCode: CHILDSTATUS 20317 1 f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs REMOTE COPY (SFTP) FAILED ErrorInfo: child process exited abnormally while executing "exec $scriptfile" f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: ltm01.example.com_20210628162020.ucs REMOTE COPY (SFTP) FAILED (check for errors above) f5.automated_backup iApp site01_F5_Backup: FINISHED

[tabernarious]

What version of F5 TMOS are you using? And what version of this iApp template? I haven't run into the "sftp: illegal option -- i" before.

[tabernarious]

@cbrandys , Closing due to no follow-up. Please reopen if you are still having issues.