Bug ID 1050457: The "Permitted Versions" field of "tmsh show sys license" only shows on first boot

Last Modified: Oct 04, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4, 15.1.10.5, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2, 16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Opened: Sep 28, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

As of BIG-IP Virtual Edition version 15.0.0, running "tmsh show sys license" should show the Permitted Versions. After the system is rebooted, this information is no longer displayed by TMSH.

Impact

Unable to see the permitted versions for the license.

Conditions

-- Running the 'tmsh show sys license' command after a reboot

Workaround

The list of permitted versions can be seen in the /config/bigip.license file, by looking for Exclusive_version: config # grep Exclusive_version /config/bigip.license Exclusive_version : 11.6.* Exclusive_version : 12.*.* Exclusive_version : 13.*.* Exclusive_version : 14.*.* Exclusive_version : 15.*.* Exclusive_version : 16.*.* Exclusive_version : 5.*.* Exclusive_version : 6.*.* Exclusive_version : 7.*.*

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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