Bug ID 677666: /var/tmstat/blades/scripts segment grows in size.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.4, 13.0.1

Opened: Aug 09, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K60909141

Symptoms

Over time the /var/tmstat/blade/scripts file size grows. This can eventually lead to the system no longer providing up-to-date statistics.

Impact

Virtual size of merged process grows linearly with /var/tmstat/blades/scripts segment. This could lead to out-of-memory condition as well as out-of-date statistics.

Conditions

-- Using istats. -- Deleting configurations. -- Using ASM.

Workaround

No known workarounds.

Fix Information

Condition corrected.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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