Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(CM) Install/Upgrade
Known Affected Versions:
20.0.1, 20.0.2, 20.1.0, 20.1.1
Opened: Nov 28, 2023 Severity: 3-Major
BIG-IP Next Central Manager allows administrators to create BIG-IP Next Instances. The instances must be pre-defined as "Virtual Machine Templates" in the vSphere Content Library. Content Libraries may also contain "OVA Templates", but these are not compatible with Central Manager. Central Manager allows users to select these incompatible OVA Templates OR VM Templates.
BIG-IP Next instances fail to deploy.
-- Using CM to create an instance on VMWare. -- An OVA template is chosen instead of a virtual machine template
Review the contents of the VMWare Content Library and only select VM templates, not OVA templates.
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