Bug ID 456120: Policy History Files are missing after device group sync

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 hf1, 11.5.1 hf2, 11.5.1 hf3, 11.5.1 hf4, 11.5.1 hf5, 11.5.1 hf6, 11.5.1 hf7, 11.5.1 hf8, 11.5.1 hf9, 11.5.1 hf10, 11.5.1 hf11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 hf1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10

Fixed In:
11.6.0

Opened: Apr 08, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K34139426

Symptoms

Policy history revision files in the /var/ts/dms/policy/policy_versions/* directories are erased after a device group sync.

Impact

Old policy version files disappear every other sync.

Conditions

1. Set up a sync-failover device group with ASM sync enabled. 2. Create a policy and synchronize the devices,

Workaround

Manually sync again after a spurious ASM change.

Fix Information

After you perform a configuration sync, all policy version files persist correctly on both the sender and the receiver.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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