Bug ID 689583: Running big3d from the command line with arguments other than '-v' or '-version' may cause a GTM disruption.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 11.0.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 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

Opened: Oct 19, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Running big3d from the command line with arguments other than '-v' or '-version' might cause a GTM disruption. When viewing /var/log/gtm, you might see messages similar to the following: notice big3d[4131]: 012b0020:5: Executable /shared/bin/big3d timestamp is newer than (or the same as) /usr/sbin/big3d. notice big3d[4137]: 012b0018:5: Respawning to run /shared/bin/big3d. err big3d[4026]: 012b1015:3: Error 'Address already in use' attempting to bind to socket.

Impact

GTM server goes red momentarily.

Conditions

This occurs when attempting to get the big3d version and accidentally typing an invalid or nonsense argument or a valid argument that does not immediately cause big3d to exit. Here are some examples (note the double-dash in the first example): big3d --version big3d big3d -xyz big3d -d

Workaround

There is no workaround other than not specifying an invalid or nonsense argument or a valid argument that does not immediately cause big3d to exit.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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