Bug ID 585745: sod core during upgrade from 10.x to 12.x.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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:
13.0.0, 12.1.2

Opened: Apr 06, 2016

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K23390685

Symptoms

The failover daemon (sod) may core during an upgrade, when the peer device upgrade completes and rejoins the trust.

Impact

Corefile generated, and system will temporarily go offline, resulting in an interruption of service.

Conditions

Upgrading a high availability configuration from 10.x to 12.x or later.

Workaround

Upgrade multiple devices in the high availability configuration from 10.x to a supported 11.x release, and then upgrade to the desired 12.x release.

Fix Information

The failover daemon (sod) no longer cores during an upgrade, when the peer device upgrade completes and rejoins the trust.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips