Bug ID 720610: Automatic Update Check logs false 'Update Server unavailable' message on every run

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 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, 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

Fixed In:
17.0.0, 16.1.3.1, 15.1.6.1, 14.1.2.7, 13.1.3

Opened: May 17, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The Automatic Update Check operation erroneously logs a message indicating that the Update Server is unavailable on every run, successful or not.

Impact

Misleading 'PHONEHOME: Update Server unavailable' messages in the log file, implying that the update server is not available.

Conditions

The BIG-IP system is configured to run the Automatic Update Check feature.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The Automatic Update Check operation no longer logs false messages.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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