Bug ID 630546: Very large core files may cause corrupted qkviews

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

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2 HF1

Opened: Nov 29, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K28745769

Symptoms

If a core file is found on a slave blade in a chassis, that is too large for qkview to include, this can cause the qkview file for the blade to be corrupted.

Impact

iHealth will not parse the qkview.

Conditions

qkview is run when core files greater than 2.4 GB exist in /var/core.

Workaround

Copy the core files on the slave blade from /etc/core to a back up location and delete the original files before creating the qkview.

Fix Information

qkview files run when core files greater than 2.4 GB exist in /var/core now complete as expected.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips