Bug ID 708063: In older RAID BIG-IP systems, storage provisioning is not possible when a drive is missing.

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

Bug Tracker

Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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

Opened: Feb 27, 2018
Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Any task requiring modification of application storage volumes does not succeed. This includes re-provisioning, which occurs automatically during software upgrades.

Impact

Tasks requiring modification of application storage volumes such as software upgrades or re-provisioning fails.

Conditions

-- When a drive is not present in a drive bay on the following platforms: + BIG-IP 6900 + BIG-IP 8900 + BIG-IP 10000 + BIG-IP 11050 -- An application that requires storage volumes is provisioned, such as ASM.

Workaround

Check RAID status before software upgrades or re-provisioning. Address any degraded RAID issues, such as a missing drive, before upgrades and/or re-provisioning.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change