Bug ID 1678773: On VCMP host upgrade, guest config fails to load on startup

Last Modified: Jan 09, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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, 16.1.5.2

Opened: Sep 25, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K13726731

Symptoms

Guest config fails to load on startup with: Can't create symlink from /config/bigip/auth/pam.d/ldap/system-auth.conf to /etc/nslcd.conf, File exists

Impact

VCMP guests failing to load config until manual workaround is performed.

Conditions

This occurs when: - VCMP host is upgraded - VCMP guest is upgraded - VCMP guest is rebooted

Workaround

For information see K13726731: Unable to load config because File already exists /etc/nslcd.conf at https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K13726731

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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