Bug ID 2218157: IP Intelligence database load log displayed periodically

Last Modified: Feb 18, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.1.3.1, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.4, 21.0.0, 21.0.0.1

Opened: Jan 29, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

IP Intelligence database load log is displayed periodically in TMM log files.

Impact

- TMM log files contain messages similar to: <13> Sep 24 09:55:01 bigip1 notice Failed to open /var/IpRep/F5IpRep.dat <13> Sep 24 09:55:01 bigip1 notice Failed to open /var/IpRep/F5IpV6Rep.dat - LTM log files contain messages similar to this one, logged by each tmm into the every 5 minutes: Sep 24 10:00:05 f5test.localhost err tmm2[1492]: 01010377:3: Failed to open IpRep database file /var/IpRep/F5IpV6Rep.dat

Conditions

- Configuration refers to IP intelligence feature. - No active subscription for IP intelligence. - IP intelligence database load fails periodically.

Workaround

- Update the license to include an IP Intelligence subscription or - Remove the ip-intelligence objects from the configuration

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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