Bug ID 704176: Monitor instances may not get deleted during configuration merge load

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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: Jan 29, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K22540391

Symptoms

Orphaned monitor_instance records in mcpd. Secondary blade restarting in a loop. -- err mcpd[8982]: 01020036:3: The requested monitor instance (/Common/bigip 10.10.9.39 443 gtm-vs) was not found. -- err mcpd[8982]: 01070734:3: Configuration error: Configuration from primary failed validation: 01020036:3: The requested monitor instance (/Common/bigip 10.10.9.39 443 gtm-vs) was not found.... failed validation with error 16908342.

Impact

There is a leaked/extra monitor instance. Restarting secondary slot will result in a restart loop.

Conditions

Merge a GTM config file to update a virtual server's monitor.

Workaround

Remove the MCPD binary database on the Primary blade and restart services: # touch /service/mcpd/forceload # bigstart restart Note: This might change the primary slot.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips