Bug ID 819089: Manually licensing a versioned VE license through the GUI fails to activate the license

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.0.0, 15.0.1

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 15.0.1.1

Opened: Aug 29, 2019

Severity: 1-Blocking

Related Article: K13155176

Symptoms

The BIG-IP system does not activate a versioned BIG-IP VE (VE) license using the manual licensing process through the GUI.

Impact

The BIG-IP system does not go active, as the license does not activate properly.

Conditions

Any VE license installed using the manual method that contains Exclusive_version for versioning.

Workaround

Use the CLI to paste the license file into /config/bigip.license then reload the license using 'reloadlic' in the bash shell.

Fix Information

The system prevents using manual license installs through the GUI for versioned VE licenses.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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