Bug ID 914761: Crontab backup to save UCS ends with Unexpected Error: UCS saving process failed.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.1, 15.1.1, 14.1.2.8

Opened: Jun 05, 2020

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Using crontab to automatically backup UCS file by scheduling cronjobs fails due to SELinux permissions. The failure produces the following error: Unexpected Error: UCS saving process failed.

Impact

UCS file is not successfully saved and backup fails.

Conditions

This is encountered when 'tmsh save sys ucs' is executed through a cronjob.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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