Bug ID 607886: Cannot delete partition when APM Sandbox configuration is present

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4, 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: Jul 29, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K42807763

Symptoms

A partition cannot be removed when the APM Sandbox configuration is present and APM is not provisioned.

Impact

Partition cannot be deleted.

Conditions

-- APM Sandbox configuration exists in partition other than Common. -- APM is not provisioned.

Workaround

To work around this issue, you can first provision APM and then delete the partition. This will require a restart of services. Another work around is to remove the bigip.conf file from under /config/partitions/<partition folder> and reload the full configuration. For example: 1) rm /config/partitions/<partition>/bigip.conf 2) tmsh load sys config 3) tmsh delete sys folder /<partition>

Fix Information

Now, you can delete partition when APM Sandbox configuration is present.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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