Bug ID 468906: Hundreds of asm_config_server_rpc_handler.pl processes running on server after Disk ran out of space.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 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

Opened: Jun 25, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

Symptoms of ASM auto-sync group causes device to run out of memory under stress. Swap entirely consumed, virtual blade rendered unavailable as a direct result. ASM vCMP guests with two slots. ASM guest slot1 became offline, has hundreds (e.g 931) asm_config_server_rpc_handler running on it, used up most of memory.

Impact

Disk space ran out on a device, and mysql went down.

Conditions

This occurs on Viprion systems having an ASM auto-sync group.

Workaround

N/A

Fix Information

Limit /ts/var/cluster disk consumption.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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