Hi there,
Can you give me the output of this commands from both unit:
[root@czar:Active] config b db |grep -i Failover.Force
Failover.ForceActive = disable (they should be disable)
Failover.ForceStandby = disable (they should be disable)
[root@czar1cba:Active] config b ha table
[root@czar1cba:Active] config b failover list
The address conflict might be because that both unit has taken the active role in a short period of time. First thing you'll need to check is the state preferences and when you said that "when I forced the failover in the active box", you forced it from GUI?
I would like to see your configs so that we can see exactly what might have happened, and if you need urgent assistance on this - F5 Support will be the best gateway :) support@f5.com
Hth,
/Czar