Bug ID 870349: Continuous restart of ntlmconnpool after license reinstall

Last Modified: Feb 14, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2, 16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2

Opened: Jan 17, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The ntlmconnpool process continuously restarts after reinstalling the licence. The system reports a message in the BIG-IP console: Re-starting ntlmconnpool.

Impact

System requires reboot, and reports 'Re-starting ntlmconnpool' message continuously in the BIG-IP console.

Conditions

This occurs when you upgrade your license such that the new license changes the number of TMMs available.

Workaround

You must reboot to clear the condition. Once the system comes back up, it operates as expected.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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