Bug ID 783505: ASU is very slow on device with hundreds of policies due to table checksums

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 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, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3

Fixed In:
13.1.3.4, 12.1.5.1

Opened: May 19, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

ASU is very slow on devices with hundreds of policies due to table checksums.

Impact

The ASU process takes hours to complete.

Conditions

-- There are hundreds of ASM policies on the device. -- ASU is performed. -- 'DoTableChecksums' is set to 1.

Workaround

In the configuration file /etc/ts/dcc/prepare_policy.cfg, set 'DoTableChecksums' to 0.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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