Bug ID 624044: LTM Monitor custom recv/send/recv-disable parameters have backslash at the end may fail to load

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 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

Opened: Oct 20, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K42806722

Symptoms

If LTM monitor configuration parameters have custom strings that end with backslash, the saved configuration will fail to load.

Impact

The new configuration fails upon reload.

Conditions

Any of the "recv", "send", or "recv-disable" parameters having a backslash at the end, and the configuration is saved.

Workaround

Do not end custom strings with backslashes. If config contains monitor configuration with custom strings that end with backslash. config can be cleaned with following process: tmsh save sys ucs K42806722_before find /config/ -type f -name "bigip.conf" -exec sed -i 's/\(\(send\|recv\).*\)\\"$/\1"/g' {} + tmsh load /sys config

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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