Bug ID 636348: BIG-IP systems configured for high availability (HA) and System Gateway Failsafe may fail to load their configuration after device trust is reset.

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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: Jan 02, 2017

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

In the /var/log/ltm file you may observe an error message similar to the following example 01071837:3: The pool (/Common/http_pool) contains a reference to a gateway failsafe device (/Common/bigip1.f5.com), which does not exist on the system. Please specify a valid device for this configuration. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.

Impact

Configuration may fail to load

Conditions

This issue occurs when all the following conditions are met: -You have multiple BIG-IP systems in a High Availability (HA) configuration. -You have configured System Gateway Failsafe -You reset device trust -You attempt to reload the configuration or reboot the device before recreating the device trust

Workaround

Remove Gateway Failsafe before resetting device trust

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips