Symptoms

After enabling a partition, the "show partitions" command will show a status of "failed" while the partition instance is in the process of starting up, but has not yet started. Once the startup completes, the status will transition to "running", "running-active", or "running-standby".

Impact

The user may think the partition software has encountered a failure condition.

Conditions

Partition is starting after being enabled.

Workaround

Wait for 20 to 30 seconds for the status to be reported correctly.

Fix Information

The partition status reporting logic now uses additional state information to correctly distinguish between "starting" and "failed".

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips