F5 Backing up UCS archive from CLI

If path is not specified then default path for UCS archives is
/var/local/ucs

Archives that you locate in a directory other than the default directory do not appear in the list of available archives

F5 recommends that you include the BIG-IP host name and current time stamp as part of the file name

bash
ls -laps /var/local/ucs
tmsh
save sys ucs CHANGE_14_AUGUST_2024 passphrase C0mplex30
quit
ls -laps /var/local/ucs
tmsh list /sys ucs

If it fails with the message “Error: Bad encryption password.” then it means below bug is being hit
Bug ID 791365 (f5.com), workaround is to create another admin account such as adm_[firstname] with permissions of “Resource Administrator” and tmsh as shell, log in to CLI from that user and then perform above steps and it should work