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Resolved issues

Resolved issues

The following issues have been fixed in 7.2.5. For inquires about a particular bug, please contact Customer Service & Support.

AP Manager

Bug ID Description
736930 FortiManager Cloud is unable to efficiently display rogue AP lists for FortiGates with a high volume of rogue APs.
861941 FortiManager Cloud attempts to install "arrp-profile" even if "darrp" is disabled.
906061 It takes a significant amount of time to assign a profile to each FortiAPs.
974444 DNS server for SSIDs gets resets after Importing AP Profile.
982548 FortiGate configuration install may fail with a reason "Need to unset channel list in radio-1 first."

1002043

AP Manager view does not show SSIDs and Radio Channels.

Device Manager

Bug ID Description
723720 The "strong-crypto" feature change under the CLI configuration cannot be installed to FortiGate.
777693

Provisioning templates change meta data's values.

778131 FortiManager Cloud did not support the per device mapping for user SAML configurations.
811104 Import policy package fails after installing web-proxy through CLI configurations
838462 Adding device using "Add Model HA Cluster" feature failed as FortiManager Cloud does not allow "virtual switch interfaces" being used as "heartbeat interfaces".

871334

973064

Installation to FortiGate with NP7 Acceleration feature enabled might fail when FortiManager Cloud attempted to modify the QoS settings. Changing the "default-qos-type" to values other than its default may result in a FortiGate reboot (FOS Behavior).
880934 FortiManager Cloud reverts Syslog mode settings on local FortiGates (when FortiGates are in FIPS mode).
902577 The status of the FortiLink split-interface radio button under FortiManager Cloud's Device Manager does not match the configuration in FortiGates.
920394 Installation failed due to the incorrect install order during ZTP.
923808 Even with the "set dhcp-relay-request-all-server enable" option enabled, FortiManager Cloud does not keep the DHCP server & relay configurations on the same interface.
935586 When managed devices go down/appear offline, not all FGFM tunnels are automatically recovered by FortiManager Cloud.
936168 Unable to assign Device Group to the Firmware Template.
936544 When importing CLI Templates, GUI displays a blank page.
939804

Creating/Modifying the IPSEC Phase1 Interface Mode might trigger the following error message: "The string contains XSS vulnerability characters." This ONLY occurs when devid = ''.

Workaround: Manually removing the value '' from dev-id.

949546 When zones have identical names except for case, only 1 of the zones may be visible in Device Manager.
949612 The SD-WAN monitor table-view takes too long to load/display information.
952404 FortiManager Cloud cannot install the Static Route config under the Provisioning Template due to a static route template error after upgrading to FortiManager Cloud 7.2.4/7.4.1.
954610 FortiManager Cloud does not show objects under the "named address" options in IPsec VPN Phase 2 definitions.
956920 Monitor Health Check graphs return incomplete or no value.
961447

After upgrading FortiManager Cloud (VMs & FortiManager Cloud Cloud) to versions 7.2.4 or 7.4.1, devices may not be able to be retrieved or refreshed.

Workarounds:

A) Reduce the license use (delete one device).

B) Request/purchase a license upgrade.

C) On the already managed FortiGates that need to be retrieved, run: diag fdsm cfg-upload <comment>

D) When adding a new FortiGate to the last license seat, it will initially fail on the retrieve step, but the device is added to DVM and within about 120 seconds an auto-retrieve is triggered and the first revision of the new device is created normally.

966118 FortiManager Cloud tries to purge all entries under table "system global split-port-mode" for its System Template .
967611 Device Manager interface link status is blank for various Interface type (Tunnel, Aggregate, VDOM Link, Software Switch).
969542 Sometimes IPsec Tunnel Template displaying "Response with errors" message when editing the template.
969698 FortiManager Cloud allows the creation of an empty service value for Internet Service routes.
975310 Unable to unset interface IP for a VLAN interface in Device Manager.
1009883

Unable to set the Radius-Server addresses as FQDN.

Workaround: Run the script directly on the FortiGate and then retrieve config back to the FortiManager Cloud.

FortiSwitch Manager

Bug ID

Description

940419 When adding FortiSwitch on FortiManager Cloud Error message, "Import error - invalid port number" is displayed.
947651 Per Device under the FortiSwitch Manager cannot edit FortiSwitch name and GUI returns error "invalid value".
967213 While attempting to deploy a FortiSwitch template to a model device, FortiManager Cloud generates the following error message: "VLAN interface does not match FortiLink."
925188 The per-device mapping for any assigned global objects cannot be modified.
969182 Under the Global ADOM, the assignment of specific policy packages does not function properly.

Others

Bug ID

Description

583349 FortiManager Cloud does not provide support for image upgrades on "ONDEMAND" devices.
796858 Subject Key Identifier extension is missing on FortiManager ADOM CA certificate.
874052

After upgrade ADOM from v7.0 to v7.2, when installing a policy package to FGT-v7.2 device, FortiManager Cloud tries to change "match-vip" from "disabled" to "enabled".

875584

FortiManager Cloud cannot upgrade ADOMs to 7.2 due to error, "copy system replacemsg spam.smtp-spam-emailblock".

Workaround: Delete replacement message "smtp-spam-emailblock" from System Templates.

891253 The firmware upgrade is successful; however, the task line does not get updated for the retrieve action when device names exceed the predefined character limit.
897157 Unexpected changes in existing static routes, created by static route template after upgrade to 7.0.7, 7.2.2, 7.4.0.
900512 FortiManager Cloud ADOM Upgrade fails with the error message, "Peer type cannot be peer when authentication method is pre-share key".
922957 The "fmgd" process may crash while loading the ADOM when multiple Policy Packages are locked.
924201 Jinja templates does not identify new variables automatically when a new variable is added.
930305 Firmware template upgrade preview shows incorrect versions for the upgrade.
941203 FortiManager Cloud does not support the use of Certificate Templates to create certificates with a "range=global" setting for FortiGates operating in multi-vdom mode.
957433 When creating the FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer docker instances, UUID is missing under the "diagnose debug vminfo".
960796 FortiExtenders are not displayed under the FortiExtender Manager for all FortiGates.
961155

Event Logs cannot be downloaded via GUI.

963490 Installation fails as FortiManager Cloud attempts to "set role primary" feature for the "lan-extension backhaul" under the "extender-controller"
971122 FortiManager Cloud does not support all authentication types that are supported by FortiOS, leading to a certificate error in the FortiClient EMS connector.
982564 When upgrading the root ADOM, the process might fail with the following error message: "...The string contains XSS vulnerability characters...".

Policy and Objects

Bug ID

Description

630648 A FortiManager Cloud instance running on Microsoft Azure is unable to import the SDN connector for a dynamic firewall address and is displaying an error message stating, "wrong input parameter."
696367 Hit count, first used, and last used may not get updated on FortiManager Cloud.
725427 Policy package install skips the policy where destination interface is set as SD-WAN zone and policy is IPSEC policy.
751443

FortiManager Cloud displays policy installation copy failures error when IPsec template gets unassigned.

804160 FortiManager Cloud does not remove "Radius Server" on the FortiGate when it becomes unused.
817289 FortiManager Cloud only accepts IPv6 Compressed Notation format for the Policy & Objects.
830640 "Send files to FortiSandbox for inspection" option is being enabled when creating an antivirus profile.
854359 An installation error occurs when FortiManager Cloud attempts to install wildcard FQDN addresses "mzstatic-apple" and "cdn-apple" within the "custom-deep-inspection" SSL-SSH profile.
855073

The "where used" feature (under the Source & Destination objects) incorrectly displays "No Record Found" even when these objects are in use.

875103 Local categories gets purged if used in Profile Mode Security Profiles.
888798 Changing deep inspection ssl-ssh-profile to "inspect all ports" may cause installation error.
894597 Default value for "unsupported-ssl-version" in ssl-ssh-profile gets modified during the installation.
899226 Unable to create Central SNAT explicit port translations on FortiManager Cloud.
900229 In policy-based policy packaged, application IDs are displayed instead of their names.
901324 Change entries in FortiGuard Category Based Filter table from "Monitor" to "Allow" cannot be saved.
904751 WebRating overrides can't be deployed or deleted via FortiManager Cloud.
905377 Threat Feeds with name starting with "g-" do not get installed to FortiGates without VDOM enabled.
907925 IPS profile/Signature tab is not visible for admins with non-default admin profile.
908353 When ISDB name changed, FortiManager Cloud is not automatically updating the new ISDB object name.
908445 FortiManager Cloud does not display correct edit page for virtual server VIP when edit object in policy table.
917225 FortiManager Cloud is unable to install policy packages to multiple devices due to "security console" crashes.
920983 The policy blocks using a group object do not get updated when the objects within the group are modified.
924680 Policy packages containing geo-based ISDB objects may not be successfully installed to the FortiGates.
924900 Wrong date format is displayed for "first used" and "last used" column.
938019 Policy Package Status not changed on modification of nested group used in policy block.
939979 After editing authentication-rule/portal mapping, FortiManager Cloud installs unexpected changes to these rules.
942659 Syncing EMS tags from FortiManager Cloud fails when the EMS Connector is configured in multi-site mode.
945632 Modifying the Policy Installation Target does not trigger a status change in the Policy Package when adding an "install on" to a single policy.
945853 FortiManager Cloud doesn't sync previously deleted EMS tags.
948559 Policy blocks doesn't load properly.
949515 Security Policy Installation Verification fails because the "internet-service-negate" feature gets enabled every time after modifying the policy.
954399 Cloning Webfilter profiles does not save the FortiGuard Category Based Filter action.
955010 Comments on policies may be cleared when a blank area within the text field is clicked.
957225 ADOM admin users not able to view the managed FortiGate in the policy push wizard
958923 Installing policy packages that utilize an SSL/SSH Inspection profile may fail with the error message, "Server certificate replace mode cannot support category exempt."
959116 The timestamps displayed for 'First/Last Used' under the Hit Count for Firewall Policies within the Policy & Objects section are invalid.
959166 Export to Excel does not work.
959877 The timestamps displayed for "First/Last Used" under the Hit Count for Firewall Policies within the Policy & Objects section are invalid.
959890 Per-device mapping search for VDOMs is not possible for users.
960660 The Clone Reverse feature is not functioning when the firewall policy includes an Internet service address object.
960778 Installation failed because FortiManager Cloud attempts to remove a static entry, "QuarantinedDevices."
963008 Impossible to merge duplicate objects.
963536 The policy package feature "Export to Excel" is not functioning.
965670 Creating a new interface type "vlan"; changing VDOM results in the removal of the selected interface.
965719 FortiManager Cloud is unable to enable the log setting for implicit deny rule under the policy package.
972392 Users do not receive a proper warning when creating a firewall address with the IP address "0.0.0.0/0."
978814 When attempting to use the "Export to Excel" feature under the Firewall Policy with extensive rules, GUI may slow down and become unresponsive for some time.
986262 EMS Cloud tags are not updated on FortiManager Cloud.
1002551 FortiManager Cloud is pushing the web-proxy profile configuration without space between domains.

Revision History

Bug ID

Description

513317

FortiManager Cloud may fail to install policy after FortiGate failover on Azure.

894523 Object revision timestamp is taken from previous revision.
904710 Restoring a revision of a policy removes the information of all the SD-WAN rules.

Script

Bug ID

Description

923966 When FortiManager Cloud is operating in Workspace mode, there are no options to save changes after executing a CLI script.
937528 Unable to send DHCP options "set value" using CLI template and using Script.
Bug ID Description
938365 FortiManager Cloud's GUI does not display an option under FortiGuard Settings to support the 7.2 version for FortiClient and FortiMail.
980334 "Download to Excel" option on Licensing Status under the FortiGuard does not work.

System Settings

Bug ID Description
853429 Creating FortiManager Cloud's configuration backup via scp cannot be done.
930200 Unable to change the time and timezone from the GUI.
930449 Testing the syslog server displays the message, "Failed to send a test log to syslog server".
941082 A password prompt is consistently requested with each new login attempt when applying password policies to a local account linked to FortiToken Cloud Mobile for multi-factor authentication (MFA).

VPN Manager

Bug ID

Description

678319 Once "os-check" option is enabled, "os-check-list" table is not loaded.
897574 Address Objects with Meta Variables do not function correctly when creating Static routes using the VPN Manager.
906097 VPN Manager IPsec community Phase 2 encryption setting can't be changed to AES256GCM from the GUI.
923221 Provision Template - IPsec Tunnel: cannot Activate IPsec_Fortinet_Recommended; GUI returns error.
942222 The configuration settings for the "peergroup" are not being retained properly.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues

The following issues have been fixed in 7.2.5. For inquires about a particular bug, please contact Customer Service & Support.

AP Manager

Bug ID Description
736930 FortiManager Cloud is unable to efficiently display rogue AP lists for FortiGates with a high volume of rogue APs.
861941 FortiManager Cloud attempts to install "arrp-profile" even if "darrp" is disabled.
906061 It takes a significant amount of time to assign a profile to each FortiAPs.
974444 DNS server for SSIDs gets resets after Importing AP Profile.
982548 FortiGate configuration install may fail with a reason "Need to unset channel list in radio-1 first."

1002043

AP Manager view does not show SSIDs and Radio Channels.

Device Manager

Bug ID Description
723720 The "strong-crypto" feature change under the CLI configuration cannot be installed to FortiGate.
777693

Provisioning templates change meta data's values.

778131 FortiManager Cloud did not support the per device mapping for user SAML configurations.
811104 Import policy package fails after installing web-proxy through CLI configurations
838462 Adding device using "Add Model HA Cluster" feature failed as FortiManager Cloud does not allow "virtual switch interfaces" being used as "heartbeat interfaces".

871334

973064

Installation to FortiGate with NP7 Acceleration feature enabled might fail when FortiManager Cloud attempted to modify the QoS settings. Changing the "default-qos-type" to values other than its default may result in a FortiGate reboot (FOS Behavior).
880934 FortiManager Cloud reverts Syslog mode settings on local FortiGates (when FortiGates are in FIPS mode).
902577 The status of the FortiLink split-interface radio button under FortiManager Cloud's Device Manager does not match the configuration in FortiGates.
920394 Installation failed due to the incorrect install order during ZTP.
923808 Even with the "set dhcp-relay-request-all-server enable" option enabled, FortiManager Cloud does not keep the DHCP server & relay configurations on the same interface.
935586 When managed devices go down/appear offline, not all FGFM tunnels are automatically recovered by FortiManager Cloud.
936168 Unable to assign Device Group to the Firmware Template.
936544 When importing CLI Templates, GUI displays a blank page.
939804

Creating/Modifying the IPSEC Phase1 Interface Mode might trigger the following error message: "The string contains XSS vulnerability characters." This ONLY occurs when devid = ''.

Workaround: Manually removing the value '' from dev-id.

949546 When zones have identical names except for case, only 1 of the zones may be visible in Device Manager.
949612 The SD-WAN monitor table-view takes too long to load/display information.
952404 FortiManager Cloud cannot install the Static Route config under the Provisioning Template due to a static route template error after upgrading to FortiManager Cloud 7.2.4/7.4.1.
954610 FortiManager Cloud does not show objects under the "named address" options in IPsec VPN Phase 2 definitions.
956920 Monitor Health Check graphs return incomplete or no value.
961447

After upgrading FortiManager Cloud (VMs & FortiManager Cloud Cloud) to versions 7.2.4 or 7.4.1, devices may not be able to be retrieved or refreshed.

Workarounds:

A) Reduce the license use (delete one device).

B) Request/purchase a license upgrade.

C) On the already managed FortiGates that need to be retrieved, run: diag fdsm cfg-upload <comment>

D) When adding a new FortiGate to the last license seat, it will initially fail on the retrieve step, but the device is added to DVM and within about 120 seconds an auto-retrieve is triggered and the first revision of the new device is created normally.

966118 FortiManager Cloud tries to purge all entries under table "system global split-port-mode" for its System Template .
967611 Device Manager interface link status is blank for various Interface type (Tunnel, Aggregate, VDOM Link, Software Switch).
969542 Sometimes IPsec Tunnel Template displaying "Response with errors" message when editing the template.
969698 FortiManager Cloud allows the creation of an empty service value for Internet Service routes.
975310 Unable to unset interface IP for a VLAN interface in Device Manager.
1009883

Unable to set the Radius-Server addresses as FQDN.

Workaround: Run the script directly on the FortiGate and then retrieve config back to the FortiManager Cloud.

FortiSwitch Manager

Bug ID

Description

940419 When adding FortiSwitch on FortiManager Cloud Error message, "Import error - invalid port number" is displayed.
947651 Per Device under the FortiSwitch Manager cannot edit FortiSwitch name and GUI returns error "invalid value".
967213 While attempting to deploy a FortiSwitch template to a model device, FortiManager Cloud generates the following error message: "VLAN interface does not match FortiLink."
925188 The per-device mapping for any assigned global objects cannot be modified.
969182 Under the Global ADOM, the assignment of specific policy packages does not function properly.

Others

Bug ID

Description

583349 FortiManager Cloud does not provide support for image upgrades on "ONDEMAND" devices.
796858 Subject Key Identifier extension is missing on FortiManager ADOM CA certificate.
874052

After upgrade ADOM from v7.0 to v7.2, when installing a policy package to FGT-v7.2 device, FortiManager Cloud tries to change "match-vip" from "disabled" to "enabled".

875584

FortiManager Cloud cannot upgrade ADOMs to 7.2 due to error, "copy system replacemsg spam.smtp-spam-emailblock".

Workaround: Delete replacement message "smtp-spam-emailblock" from System Templates.

891253 The firmware upgrade is successful; however, the task line does not get updated for the retrieve action when device names exceed the predefined character limit.
897157 Unexpected changes in existing static routes, created by static route template after upgrade to 7.0.7, 7.2.2, 7.4.0.
900512 FortiManager Cloud ADOM Upgrade fails with the error message, "Peer type cannot be peer when authentication method is pre-share key".
922957 The "fmgd" process may crash while loading the ADOM when multiple Policy Packages are locked.
924201 Jinja templates does not identify new variables automatically when a new variable is added.
930305 Firmware template upgrade preview shows incorrect versions for the upgrade.
941203 FortiManager Cloud does not support the use of Certificate Templates to create certificates with a "range=global" setting for FortiGates operating in multi-vdom mode.
957433 When creating the FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer docker instances, UUID is missing under the "diagnose debug vminfo".
960796 FortiExtenders are not displayed under the FortiExtender Manager for all FortiGates.
961155

Event Logs cannot be downloaded via GUI.

963490 Installation fails as FortiManager Cloud attempts to "set role primary" feature for the "lan-extension backhaul" under the "extender-controller"
971122 FortiManager Cloud does not support all authentication types that are supported by FortiOS, leading to a certificate error in the FortiClient EMS connector.
982564 When upgrading the root ADOM, the process might fail with the following error message: "...The string contains XSS vulnerability characters...".

Policy and Objects

Bug ID

Description

630648 A FortiManager Cloud instance running on Microsoft Azure is unable to import the SDN connector for a dynamic firewall address and is displaying an error message stating, "wrong input parameter."
696367 Hit count, first used, and last used may not get updated on FortiManager Cloud.
725427 Policy package install skips the policy where destination interface is set as SD-WAN zone and policy is IPSEC policy.
751443

FortiManager Cloud displays policy installation copy failures error when IPsec template gets unassigned.

804160 FortiManager Cloud does not remove "Radius Server" on the FortiGate when it becomes unused.
817289 FortiManager Cloud only accepts IPv6 Compressed Notation format for the Policy & Objects.
830640 "Send files to FortiSandbox for inspection" option is being enabled when creating an antivirus profile.
854359 An installation error occurs when FortiManager Cloud attempts to install wildcard FQDN addresses "mzstatic-apple" and "cdn-apple" within the "custom-deep-inspection" SSL-SSH profile.
855073

The "where used" feature (under the Source & Destination objects) incorrectly displays "No Record Found" even when these objects are in use.

875103 Local categories gets purged if used in Profile Mode Security Profiles.
888798 Changing deep inspection ssl-ssh-profile to "inspect all ports" may cause installation error.
894597 Default value for "unsupported-ssl-version" in ssl-ssh-profile gets modified during the installation.
899226 Unable to create Central SNAT explicit port translations on FortiManager Cloud.
900229 In policy-based policy packaged, application IDs are displayed instead of their names.
901324 Change entries in FortiGuard Category Based Filter table from "Monitor" to "Allow" cannot be saved.
904751 WebRating overrides can't be deployed or deleted via FortiManager Cloud.
905377 Threat Feeds with name starting with "g-" do not get installed to FortiGates without VDOM enabled.
907925 IPS profile/Signature tab is not visible for admins with non-default admin profile.
908353 When ISDB name changed, FortiManager Cloud is not automatically updating the new ISDB object name.
908445 FortiManager Cloud does not display correct edit page for virtual server VIP when edit object in policy table.
917225 FortiManager Cloud is unable to install policy packages to multiple devices due to "security console" crashes.
920983 The policy blocks using a group object do not get updated when the objects within the group are modified.
924680 Policy packages containing geo-based ISDB objects may not be successfully installed to the FortiGates.
924900 Wrong date format is displayed for "first used" and "last used" column.
938019 Policy Package Status not changed on modification of nested group used in policy block.
939979 After editing authentication-rule/portal mapping, FortiManager Cloud installs unexpected changes to these rules.
942659 Syncing EMS tags from FortiManager Cloud fails when the EMS Connector is configured in multi-site mode.
945632 Modifying the Policy Installation Target does not trigger a status change in the Policy Package when adding an "install on" to a single policy.
945853 FortiManager Cloud doesn't sync previously deleted EMS tags.
948559 Policy blocks doesn't load properly.
949515 Security Policy Installation Verification fails because the "internet-service-negate" feature gets enabled every time after modifying the policy.
954399 Cloning Webfilter profiles does not save the FortiGuard Category Based Filter action.
955010 Comments on policies may be cleared when a blank area within the text field is clicked.
957225 ADOM admin users not able to view the managed FortiGate in the policy push wizard
958923 Installing policy packages that utilize an SSL/SSH Inspection profile may fail with the error message, "Server certificate replace mode cannot support category exempt."
959116 The timestamps displayed for 'First/Last Used' under the Hit Count for Firewall Policies within the Policy & Objects section are invalid.
959166 Export to Excel does not work.
959877 The timestamps displayed for "First/Last Used" under the Hit Count for Firewall Policies within the Policy & Objects section are invalid.
959890 Per-device mapping search for VDOMs is not possible for users.
960660 The Clone Reverse feature is not functioning when the firewall policy includes an Internet service address object.
960778 Installation failed because FortiManager Cloud attempts to remove a static entry, "QuarantinedDevices."
963008 Impossible to merge duplicate objects.
963536 The policy package feature "Export to Excel" is not functioning.
965670 Creating a new interface type "vlan"; changing VDOM results in the removal of the selected interface.
965719 FortiManager Cloud is unable to enable the log setting for implicit deny rule under the policy package.
972392 Users do not receive a proper warning when creating a firewall address with the IP address "0.0.0.0/0."
978814 When attempting to use the "Export to Excel" feature under the Firewall Policy with extensive rules, GUI may slow down and become unresponsive for some time.
986262 EMS Cloud tags are not updated on FortiManager Cloud.
1002551 FortiManager Cloud is pushing the web-proxy profile configuration without space between domains.

Revision History

Bug ID

Description

513317

FortiManager Cloud may fail to install policy after FortiGate failover on Azure.

894523 Object revision timestamp is taken from previous revision.
904710 Restoring a revision of a policy removes the information of all the SD-WAN rules.

Script

Bug ID

Description

923966 When FortiManager Cloud is operating in Workspace mode, there are no options to save changes after executing a CLI script.
937528 Unable to send DHCP options "set value" using CLI template and using Script.
Bug ID Description
938365 FortiManager Cloud's GUI does not display an option under FortiGuard Settings to support the 7.2 version for FortiClient and FortiMail.
980334 "Download to Excel" option on Licensing Status under the FortiGuard does not work.

System Settings

Bug ID Description
853429 Creating FortiManager Cloud's configuration backup via scp cannot be done.
930200 Unable to change the time and timezone from the GUI.
930449 Testing the syslog server displays the message, "Failed to send a test log to syslog server".
941082 A password prompt is consistently requested with each new login attempt when applying password policies to a local account linked to FortiToken Cloud Mobile for multi-factor authentication (MFA).

VPN Manager

Bug ID

Description

678319 Once "os-check" option is enabled, "os-check-list" table is not loaded.
897574 Address Objects with Meta Variables do not function correctly when creating Static routes using the VPN Manager.
906097 VPN Manager IPsec community Phase 2 encryption setting can't be changed to AES256GCM from the GUI.
923221 Provision Template - IPsec Tunnel: cannot Activate IPsec_Fortinet_Recommended; GUI returns error.
942222 The configuration settings for the "peergroup" are not being retained properly.