Bug ID 470238: tmm restart issue when number of cores in license differs from number of system CPUs.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 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

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Jul 03, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K80233445

Symptoms

tmm continuous restart issue when number of cores specified in the in license differs from the number of CPUs on the system.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

The value of perf_VE_cores in /config/bigip.license is different from the number of CPUs on virtual machine.

Workaround

Manually set the value of DB variable provision.tmmcount to the value of perf_VE_cores specified in the license. To do so, run the following command: tmsh modify sys db provision.tmmcount _value_.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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