ASDM 5.0.7 create automatically Object-groups with _Ref in PIX 7.0.7

[sdmumbai rrc]

 Hi Team,

We are facing t<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" mcestyle="font-family: Arial;">he problem in ASDM 5.x creates duplicate network object groups in the configuration when PIX with software 7.0.7 is used.

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<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" mcestyle="font-family: Arial;">Audit report its showing below commands :

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<TD style="WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 13.35pt" width=230 height=17 mcestyle="width: 173pt; height: 13.35pt;">asdm group SALES_ref dmz2 reference SALES</TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 25.5pt" width=230 height=34 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 25.5pt;">object-group network SALES_ref</TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt" width=230 height=17 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 12.75pt;">network-object 172.20.7.8</TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt" width=230 height=17 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 12.75pt;">network-object 172.20.10.3</TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt" width=230 height=17 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 12.75pt;">network-object 172.20.11.2</TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt" width=230 height=17 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 12.75pt;"></TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 30.6pt" width=230 height=40 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 30.6pt;"></TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 63.75pt" width=230 height=85 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 63.75pt;">no access-list dmz2_access_in extended permit tcp object-group Network_10.10.1.0 object-group SALES object-group SALES_Ports</TD></TR>

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<TD style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; WIDTH: 173pt; HEIGHT: 63.75pt" width=230 height=85 mcestyle="border-top: medium none; width: 173pt; height: 63.75pt;">access-list dmz2_access_in line 200 extended permit tcp object-group Network_10.10.1.0 object-group SALES_ref object-group SALES_Ports

<BR mozdirty type="_moz">i was created SALES object group 2 month back after that ASDM Automatically created the duplicate object with SALES_ref name and changed the old ACL.

Now my management want why this happens and any bugs with this version?

any workaround to solve this issue ..

Please help its vey urgent..

Thanks...

[Parminder Sian]

Hey,

This is a cosmetic issue and sometimes cannot be reproduced. You can remove the duplicate objects from CLI. There is no BUG for it either. Try a different version of ASDM or upgrade the ASA.

Regards,

Sian