Bug ID 1403861: Data metrics and logs will not be migrated when upgrading BIG-IP Next Central Manager from 20.0.2 to a later release

Last Modified: Feb 11, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(CM) TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
20.1.0, 20.1.1

Opened: Nov 27, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In the version 20.1.0 of BIG-IP Next Central Manager, OpenSearch is replaced by Elasticsearch as the main storage for data metrics and logs. Due to incompatibility between OpenSearch and Elasticsearch, metrics and logs that are stored on BIG-IP Next Central Manager in earlier versions will not be available after upgrading.

Impact

After the upgrade is complete, the data metrics and logs from the previous version will not be available on the upgraded BIG-IP Next Central Manager.

Conditions

Upgrade BIG-IP Next Central Manager from a release version prior to 20.1.0.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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