Bug ID 698957: GUI does not prevent objects named 'All'; deleting in TMSH removes all objects of that type

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 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: Dec 14, 2017

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

TMUI allows the creation of virtual servers, pools, dos-network-whitelists (and other objects) with the name 'All', but not the name 'all'. TMSH does not allow either 'All' or 'all'.

Impact

The BIG-IP system GUI does not prevent the creation of objects named 'All'. Subsequently using TMSH to remove 'All' removes all objects of that type. In addition, a configuration that contains this entry causes the UCS to fail to load if there is a need to restore from backup. UCS would need to be restored, and the 'All' entry manually removed, before load can be completed.

Conditions

Creating an object in TMUI using the name 'All'.

Workaround

To successfully load a configuration that contains this entry, manually remove the 'All' entry and load the UCS again. Note: 'All', in either form, is a reserved word and should not be used anywhere, as described in K6869: Reserved words that should not be used in BIG-IP configurations :: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K6869.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips