Bug ID 1318625: The gtm_add sync configuration is in the unintended direction with large GTM configuration

Last Modified: Nov 09, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP DNS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4, 15.1.10.5, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4

Opened: Jul 11, 2023

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

A wrong GTM configuration can be pushed to the sync group members after using the script gtm_add.

Impact

GTM devices are given the wrong or unintended configuration.

Conditions

-- Race condition with large GTM configuration while performing gtm_add. -- Following can be seen in GTM debug logs: 011a0200:7: MCP Message queued for resend. 1 backlogged messages. . . . 011a0200:7:MCP Message queued for resend. 1125 backlogged messages.

Workaround

Before running gtm_add make the following changes on the gtm where you intend to execute the gtm_add command: - disable synchronization - disable synchronize-zone-files - change the synchronization group name to match the remote gtm

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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