Bug ID 744429: AWS AMIs for BIG-IP VE will now have volumes set to be deleted upon instance termination.

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Platform(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
6.0.1, 6.0.1.1, 6.0.1.2

Opened: Sep 18, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The default settings of an AWS AMIs for BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) is to not delete an attached volume of an instance when the instance is terminated. This results in extra effort to delete a volume manually after terminating the instance. If not done always, the orphaned volume causes extra bills.

Impact

Volumes attached to BIG-IP VE instances will be deleted automatically when the instance is terminated. This option is set to be default now. If you want to keep a volume even after terminating a BIG-IP VE instance, you must set it to not be deleted upon termination during instance launch in AWS console.

Conditions

Using AWS AMIs for BIG-IP VE.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

A BIG-IQ VE AWS image now has the option set such that when an instance is launched out of it, that BIG-IQ VE instance will have volumes which are set to be deleted upon termination by default.

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