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September 7, 2026

Troubleshooting Tip: FortiManager failed to push policy package with error 'fortiextender ‘XXX-YYY’ is not assigned to device'

  • September 7, 2026
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Description

This article describes how to fix an issue where FortiManager failed to push a policy package with the error 'fortiextender ‘XXX-YYY’ is not assigned to device'.

Scope

FortiManager.

Solution

Installing a policy package to the device results in the following error:

vdom copy error: detail: - invalid template assignment - prop(fortiextender): fortiextender 'XXX-YYY' is not assigned to device.

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To fix this, run the following command:

diagnose cdb check policy-packages <policy_package_name>


After running the command, the issue no longer appears.

Troubleshooting:

The following commands can be run on FortiManager CLI to debug the installation.

diagnose debug application securityconsole 255
diagnose debug enable


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