Bug ID 746333: Setting the hostname to non-FQDN value prevents upgrade

Last Modified: Oct 03, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Opened: Oct 09, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Upgrade of the BIG-IP system fails.

Impact

Inability to upgrade. Note: Setting hostname in tmsh CLI does not validate FQDN like the GUI does, so when you use tmsh to set hostnames, make sure to use an FQDN-compliant one.

Conditions

BIG-IP systems that contain hostnames that do not meet FQDN standards. For instance, this could be due to the use of invalid characters, such as asterisk '*'. An example of an invalid hostname is as follows: test***.example.com.

Workaround

When attempting to upgrade you must make sure all hostnames are FQDN compliant.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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