Bug ID 846057: UCS backup archive may include unnecessary files

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 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, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 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

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.3, 14.1.4, 13.1.4

Opened: Nov 04, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

UCS backup archive file size is much larger than UCS files in previous releases.

Impact

Those files are included in the UCS archive, which results in an unusually large UCS backup files.

Conditions

-- UCS backup process finishes with failure and does not clean temporary files. -- A second UCS backup is attempted.

Workaround

Before running the UCS backup process, remove directories: /var/tmp/ts_db.save_dir_*.cstmp/

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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