Last Modified: Jun 28, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM, Install/Upgrade
Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6
Opened: Sep 30, 2021 Severity: 3-Major
After upgrading the system, the ASM initial configuration script fails with below error message: asm|INFO|Sep 23 22:34:07.480|16920|,,01070265:3: The ASM policy (/Common/test) cannot be deleted because it is in use by a API Protection Profile (/Common/test). asm|INFO|Sep 23 22:34:07.507|16920|,,failed to initialize
UCS loading or upgrade fails
-- ASM security policy exists which is referenced by an API Protection Profile -- Upgrade or load a UCS with such a configuration onto a device where ASM is not yet provisioned
On a freshly installed device (installed with liveinstall.saveconfig and liveinstall.moveconfig disabled) Provision ASM, wait for the device to become Active Load (using TMSH) the UCS file
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