Bug ID 620896: mcpd failes to load configuration on upgrade if the transparent monitors are configured for FQDN nodes

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6

Opened: Oct 06, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In /var/log/ltm the following errors will be logged Oct 6 07:01:11 localhost err tmsh[11209]: 01420006:3: Loading configuration process failed. Oct 6 07:01:12 localhost emerg load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all" - failed. -- 01070734:3: Configuration error: Transparent monitors are not currently available for FQDN nodes. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.

Impact

The BIG-IP will stay INOPERATIVE until the configuration is changed and loaded.

Conditions

Running 11.6.0 or prior with transparent monitors configured for FQDN nodes and then upgrading to 11.6.1 or higher.

Workaround

After the upgrade, bigip.conf needs to be changed so that the transparent monitor is no longer configured for the FQDN node. After the edits are made, the config needs to be reloaded.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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