Bug ID 694675: Configuration import for several large policies

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Web App Security (ASM)(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.4.0, 5.4.0 HF1, 5.4.0 HF2

Opened: Nov 15, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Configuration import failure can occur when several large policies are imported for the same device with the following error: "Unable to post difference sub-collection results; too many differences" displays.

Impact

Failure to import configuration for the selected device.

Conditions

The issue can occur when the overall object count in policies for the imported device exceeds 200000.

Workaround

To work around this issue, first export some of the large policies from the BIG-IP and import them as XML files into the BIG-IQ system before importing the device configuration.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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