Bug ID 442322: vCMP guest names in statistics limited to 32 characters

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.2

Opened: Jan 07, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Related Article: K15869

Symptoms

Having vCMP guest names that exceed 32 characters might impact the display of statistics for the guests.

Impact

The tmstat table entries can collapse and omit stats for guests with names longer than 32 characters.

Conditions

This occurs with vCMP guest names that exceed 32 characters.

Workaround

Change configuration to use shorter names. Note: Changing names requires stopping traffic processing on the guests.

Fix Information

vCMP guest names in statistics are no longer limited to 32 characters. The maximum limit of vCMP guest names has been increased to 255 characters.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips