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IBM Security Guardium Enterprise Load Balancer compatibility with Windows S-TAP

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Abstract

Enterprise Load Balancer (ELB) on v11.5 and above Central Manager (CM) is not compatible with some older Windows S-TAP versions.

Content

Environment
  • Windows S-TAPs with versions containing the problem are connected to ELB on the CM
  • The symptom will start when CM is upgraded to v11.5
Symptom
  • ELB will no longer be able to connect to the affected S-TAPs to provide new collector information in case of load balancing or failover request
  • The S-TAPs will remain connected to collectors based on the current S-TAP settings at time of CM upgrade
  • The S-TAPs will continue to collect traffic 
Fix
  • The following Windows S-TAPs versions contain the fix:
    • v11.3 - v11.3.0.321 and above
    • v11.4 - v11.4.0.267 and above
    • v11.5 - All versions
  • To prevent the problem, update to a Windows S-TAP version with the fix before upgrading CM to v11.5

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 March 2023

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ibm16839291