Bug ID 786913: Upgrade failure from 13.0.x or earlier when using LTM Policies with DOSL7

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 14.1.2.3

Opened: May 27, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Upgrade fails when upgrading from 13.0.x or under if the config includes an LTM Policy (CPM) which modifies a DoS Application Profile.

Impact

Upgrade failure.

Conditions

-- LTM Policy is configured to specify a DoSL7 profile name. -- Upgrade is from version 13.0.x or earlier.

Workaround

1. Manually edit the /config/bigip.conf file, and place all of the 'security dos profile' objects before any 'ltm policy' objects. 2. Load the config.

Fix Information

Upgrade no longer fails when using an LTM Policy which specifies a DoSL7 profile name.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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