Bug ID 923125: Huge amount of admd processes caused oom

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 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, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 15.1.2, 14.1.3.1

Opened: Jul 02, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The top command shows that a large number of admd processes are running.

Impact

Memory is exhausted.

Conditions

-- Configuration with Sync-Failover device groups and BADOS. -- Some stressful (unknown) condition occurs.

Workaround

Restart admd: bigstart restart admd

Fix Information

This issue no longer occurs.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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