Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, MA-VE
Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.0 hf1, 12.1.0 hf2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 hf1, 12.1.1 hf2, 12.1.2, 12.1.2 hf1, 12.1.2 hf2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6
Fixed In:
13.0.0
Opened: Jun 22, 2016 Severity: 2-Critical
After upgrading 11.6.0 Hourly instances to 12.1.0 EHF Hourly instances with Instance Registration support, instance license becomes invalid and BIG-IP is unable to acquire a new hourly license.
License is invalidated and instance becomes unusable.
Upgrading 11.6.0, or earlier Hourly Licensing instance to 12.1.0 HF1 EHF.
- Run "/usr/libexec/autoLicense -l" from command-line.
Module licenses correctly after upgrade from 11.6.0 to 12.1.0 HF2 or later.