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Under specific conditions, when you deploy a change to a BIG-IP HA cluster running version 11.6, that deletes both an eviction policy reference and its associated eviction policy. ... Impact ... This causes a failed deployment and disconnects the BIG-IP cluster. ... Conditions ... This issue occurs only on an 11.6.x HA cluster when the eviction policy reference is part of a virtual server or is the general eviction policy reference. ... This doesn't happen occur when the eviction policy reference is part of a route domain. ... The issue also does not on occur on BIG-IP 12.x (latest hotfix) HA clusters and above. ... First, delete the reference to the eviction policy and create a deployment with "Keep Unused Objects" selected. ... When you deploy these changes, BIG-IQ removes only the eviction policy reference. ... If your HA cluster is in a disconnected state as a result of a one-step deployment with "Remove Unused Objects" selected, you can restore the HA cluster by performing a ma...