Bug ID 506041: Folders belonging to a device group can show up on devices not in the group

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 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, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.4, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF10

Opened: Feb 11, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K01256304

Symptoms

All folders and partitions always get synced regardless of whether they are in the device group. If a user wants to utilize the same folder/partition scheme across multiple devices, this can lead to conflicts. In particular it can clobber the default route domain on a partition or rewrite the device group of a folder.

Impact

If a conflicted partition uses different default route domains, they will be overridden and may result in a sync error. Conflicted folders will inherit the configuration of the source of the config sync. This can override the device group, traffic group, and iApp reference of the folder.

Conditions

This only occurs during a full sync. This can occur if two different device groups use the same folder or partition names. For example, if there are two separate failover-sync groups in the same trust and they both sync a different set of objects in /MyHAFolder. This can also occur if a device has a local folder or partition with the same name as one in a device group.

Workaround

Use unique partition and folder names across all devices in the trust group.

Fix Information

Only folders and partitions in the device group will get synced. However, since multiple device groups can still share the same partition, there is still a chance that the route domain on the partition could get overridden if the two device groups use different route domains.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips