Bug ID 891093: iqsyncer does not handle stale pidfile

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.1, 15.1.2.1, 14.1.4

Opened: Mar 18, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Stale /var/run/iqsyncer.pid file is causing a new iqsyncer application to exit immediately after start.

Impact

Gtm config changes and gtm_add operations are blocked

Conditions

iqsyncer applications is killed by Linux kernel or any other reason causing a stale iqsyncer pid file

Workaround

Remove iqsyncer pid file manually or reboot

Fix Information

Stale iqsyncer pid file condition handled in iqsyncer application

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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