Bug ID 516055: [GTM] Continuous Autoconfig scheduling write of wideip.conf happens when two LTMs having VS with same IP:port

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4

Opened: Apr 02, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

[GTM] Continuous Autoconfig scheduling write of wideip.conf happens when two LTM systems have two virtual servers configured with same IP:port.

Impact

When issue occurs, the GTM gets unmanageable. No configuration is possible because wideip reload overwrites the new configuration. The wideip.conf file reloads repeatedly, reporting messages similar to the following: notice gtmd[3808]: 011ae040:5: Autoconfig scheduling write of wideip.conf after receiving update from: 192.168.10.112

Conditions

1. Two LTM systems having two virtual servers configured with same IP:port. 2. The GTM system managing these two LTM systems has virtual server discovery set to 'Enabled.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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