From ASM to Advanced WAF: Advancing your Application Security

TL;DR: As of April 01, 2021, F5 has officially placed Application Security Manager (ASM) into End of Sale (EoS) status, signifying the eventual retirement of the product. (F5 Support Announcement -...
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May 19, 2021

Hi Bernadette,

I also have an BIG-IP VM test environment with PC VMware Workstation. I did as advised in article an re-licensing step: System > License > Re-activate ...

"To perform the upgrade, all you need to do is simply REACTIVATE your license".

It worked fine.

Additionally I have used checks with CLI and via GUI as described in article.

Regards