Bug ID 604011: Sync fails when iRule or policy is in use

Last Modified: Jul 14, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, TMOS(all modules)

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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3

Opened: Jul 11, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After upgrading and attempting to sync to devices in a sync group, sync fails with the following error: Load failed from 119.big.ip 01070621:3: Rule priorities for virtual server (vs1) must be unique. Load failed from /Common/big152 01070712:3: Caught configuration exception (0), Values (/Common/vs1) specified for virtual server policy (/Common/vs1 /Common/asm_auto_l7_policy__vs1): foreign key index (vs_FK) do not point at an item that exists in the database.

Impact

Config sync fails.

Conditions

- A virtual address exists in the traffic-group-local-only group, meaning that it is not synced - A CPM policy or iRule is applied to that virtual server - Conduct a sync This was seen on an upgrade from 12.0.0 to 12.1.0 HF1 or beyond, but could be triggered on an upgrade from any version from 11.4.0 and beyond to 12.1.0 HF1.

Workaround

Disassociate the iRule or policy from the virtual server, then attempt to sync.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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