Symptoms
BIG-IP tenant software running on an F5OS device performs an MCPD "forceload" operation after a reboot which means the MCPD
loads the configuration from the text config file rather than the binary database.
/var/log/ltm contains
chmand Hardware/Chassis change detected. Forcing db load from the file.
Impact
-- Devices report "changes pending" after the tenant is rebooted.
-- This may result in configuration loss if auto-sync is configured.
-- This may result in configuration loss as a result of operational foul-ups, regardless of which device had a newer configuration before one was rebooted, the newly-rebooted device will claim to have a newer configuration.
Conditions
The management Mac address transfers from F5OS to BIG-IP tenant are not in sync.
