Bug ID 572133: tmsh save /sys ucs command sends status messages to stderr

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.6.0, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

Fixed In:
12.1.2, 11.6.1, 11.5.4 HF2

Opened: Feb 05, 2016

Severity: 5-Cosmetic

Symptoms

When you run the tmsh save /sys ucs command, some normal status messages are being sent to stderr instead of stdout. This will be seen if a you are watching stderr for error messages.

Impact

If a script runs the command it may report that the save failed because messages were send to stderr.

Conditions

There are no conditions, every time the command is run, it will send some status type messages to stderr.

Workaround

You can ignore the message "Saving active configuration..." being sent to stderr. It is not an error.

Fix Information

The command will send the status messages to stdout.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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