Bug ID 449402: Pre-11.5.0 to 11.5.0 upgrades might fail to properly set ha-group reference in traffic-groups

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4

Fixed In:
11.5.1

Opened: Feb 19, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K15247

Symptoms

Upgrades from pre-11.5.0 to 11.5.0 might fail to properly set the ha-group failover references in traffic-groups.

Impact

The ha-group failover method might no longer function.

Conditions

This affects users of ha-groups who upgrade from pre-11.5.0 to 11.5.0. Upgrading from 10.x works correctly. The problem occurs because of the 11.5.0 ha-group functionality in which failover settings are configured per traffic-group. Previously, ha-group failover settings were configured per device.

Workaround

None. To correct this issue when upgrading from pre-11.5.0 to 11.5.0, manually associate ha-group failover settings directly with traffic-groups.

Fix Information

The correct ha-group failover type is now correctly associated with the traffic-group.

Behavior Change

In 11.5.0, ha-group failover settings are configured per traffic-group. In previous 11.x releases, ha-group settings were per device. When upgrading to 11.5.0, existing ha-group settings might need to be associated with traffic-groups manually. Without setting the traffic-group failover method, the ha-group score and failover cannot function. You can set the ha-group reference manually in the GUI or using tmsh commands.

Guides & references

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