Bug ID 1670977: The BIG-IP Next Central Manager backup fails when a node becomes unreachable

Last Modified: Feb 11, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
20.3.0

Opened: Sep 15, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The BIG-IP Next Central Manager (CM) backup may fail if one of the nodes in a High Availability (HA) group becomes unreachable (e.g., due to shutdown).

Impact

The BIG-IP Next Central Manager backup process will start, but an alert will indicate that the backup has failed.

Conditions

-- The node is shut down and not reachable. -- The node has not been removed from the group.

Workaround

Remove the unreachable node through the GUI.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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