Bug ID 802281: Gossip shows active even when devices are missing

Last Modified: Mar 01, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.0.2, 14.1.2.5, 13.1.3.5

Opened: Jul 03, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Gossip appears Active even when one or more devices go missing from device group. 'restcurl shared/gossip' shows active on both devices, even when the devices are not listed in 'restcurl shared/resolver/device-groups/tm-shared-allBIG-IPs/devices'.

Impact

Gossip reports that it is working when it is not.

Conditions

The conditions under which this issue occurs are unknown. This is an intermittent issue.

Workaround

-- If the missing device is the active device, run the following command on the Active DSC Device: restcurl -X POST -d '{}' tm/shared/bigip-failover-state -- If the missing device is the standby device, reboot the device, make it active, and then run the following command: restcurl -X POST -d '{}' tm/shared/bigip-failover-state

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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