Bug ID 481024: Loading base configuration then restarting may lose configuration

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.0.0, 13.1.0, 13.0.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.0, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.5.0, 11.4.1, 11.4.0, 11.3.0, 11.2.1, 11.2.0, 11.1.0, 11.0.0, 10.2.4, 10.2.3, 10.2.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.0, 10.1.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.0

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Sep 25, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16058

Symptoms

If you load the base configuration ('load sys config base'), then restart system services (either by rebooting or 'bigstart restart'), then the high configuration may be lost.

Impact

High configuration is lost.

Conditions

The specific cause for this issue is not know.

Workaround

Ensure that the full configuration is loaded ('load sys config' without the 'base' option) and saved, before the system restarts.

Fix Information

If only the base configuration was loaded and the BIG-IP system was restarted, then the high configuration (anything in bigip.conf) would be lost. This no longer occurs.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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