Bug ID 753163: PEM does not initiate connection request with PCRF/OCS if failover occurs after 26 days

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2

Fixed In:
15.0.0, 14.1.2.1, 13.1.3

Opened: Dec 14, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

No connection request with PCRF/OCS if high availability (HA) failover occurs after 26 days. tmm crash

Impact

PEM does send the reconnect request within the configured reconnect, so there is no connection initiated with PCRF/OCS.

Conditions

-- Using PEM. -- high availability (HA) failover occurs after 26 days.

Workaround

To restart the connection, restart tmm restart using the following command: tmm restart Note: Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Fix Information

PEM now initiates the connection with PCRF/OCS under these conditions.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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