Bug ID 555432: Large configuration files may go missing on secondary blades

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 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

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3

Opened: Oct 30, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

bigip.conf or other configuration files may go missing on secondary blades once the configuration exceeds a certain size (approximately 8 MB).

Impact

If the primary changes, then the configuration is at risk of being lost.

Conditions

This is only relevant on chassis.

Workaround

touch the relevant configuration file (usually bigip.conf) and the configuration file will reappear.

Fix Information

bigip.conf or other configuration files would go missing on secondary blades once the configuration exceeded a certain size (approximately 8 MB). This has been fixed.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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