Bug ID 674320: Syncing a large number of folders can prevent the configuration getting saved on the peer systems

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 11.0.0, 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, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.2, 11.6.3, 11.5.7

Opened: Jul 17, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K11357182

Symptoms

When syncing a large number of folders (more than 56), the configuration on the peer systems fails to save. An error similar to the following appears in the audit log, possibly followed by garbage characters: notice tmsh[15819]: 01420002:5: AUDIT - pid=15819 user=root folder=/Common module=(tmos)# status=[Syntax Error: "}" is missing] cmd_data=save / sys config partitions { tf01 tf02 tf03 tf04 tf05 tf06 tf07 tf08 tf09 tf10 tf11 tf12 tf13 tf14 tf15 tf16 tf17 tf18 tf19 tf20 tf21 tf22 tf23 tf24 tf25 tf26 tf27 tf28 tf29 tf30 tf31 tf32 tf33 tf34 tf35 tf36 tf37 tf38 tf39 tf40 tf41 tf42 tf43 tf44 tf45 tf46 tf47 tf48 tf49 tf50 tf51 tf52 tf53 tf54 tf55 tf56 tf57 tf58 tf59 Note: These 'tfnn' folder names are examples. The audit log will contain a list of the actual folder names. (Folders are also called 'partitions'.)

Impact

Configuration on peer systems in a device group does not get saved after a sync.

Conditions

-- System is in a device group. -- Sync operation occurs on the device group. -- There are a large number of folders (more than 56).

Workaround

Manually save the configuration on peer systems after a sync.

Fix Information

The configuration on peer systems is now saved when a large number of folders are involved in the sync.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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