Bug ID 466007: DNS Express daemon, zxfrd, can not start if its binary cache has filled /var

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.4.1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2

Opened: Jun 06, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K02683895

Symptoms

DNS Express daemon, zxfrd, cannot start if its binary cache has filled the /var directory.

Impact

Zxfrd will continually restart.

Conditions

Using DNS Express and the /var directory is filled.

Workaround

No workaround, but if in zxfrd restart loop due to this issue you can mitigate the issue by deleting /var/db/tmmdns.bin and then running the following command: bigstart restart zxfrd.

Fix Information

DNS Express daemon, zxfrd, will now check to see if /var is full or if the tmmdns.bin database file is corrupted. If either of these conditions is true, zxfrd will not continually restart.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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