Bug ID 564524: Cron logs hourly email failure messages.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Dec 23, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K61885635

Symptoms

Cron logs hourly email failure messages. When mailhub is configured, sends hourly email notifications containing the following message: Reports scheduling should not run on a machine with a failover state of inactive or standby at /usr/share/avr/bin/run_scheduled_reports.pl line 23.

Impact

Log/email spam.

Conditions

Device is in standby or disabled.

Workaround

To avoid mail delivery attempts, change the third line of '/etc/cron.d/0hourly' to MAILTO="" .

Fix Information

System no longer sends hourly reports when device is in standby or disabled.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips