Bug ID 633137: Serial console display "emerg logger: Re-starting bigd" after licensing DDOS

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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

Opened: Dec 12, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

During the process of licensing a DDOS unit, you might see an "emerg logger: Re-starting bigd" appear on the serial console. This message appears to happen during the provisioning stage and can be considered benign.

Impact

This is a benign error message, and you can safely ignore it.

Conditions

DDOS unit undergoing licensing.

Workaround

None needed. This is a cosmetic error only and does not indicate an issue with the system.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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