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F5 - Defect ID: 1121169

Unable to resize the /appdata: /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata when in use

F5 - Defect ID: 1121169

Unable to resize the /appdata: /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata when in use

Last updated on December 31st, 2025

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5.9 Medium

Overall: 5.9

Severity: 6.4

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Lifecycle: 7.5

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Bug Details

Priority: 4-Minor
Status: Reopened
Impact Category: TMOS
Views: 27

Description

Symptoms

On systems where ID1004833 has been fixed, the resizing instructions for /appdata from K74200262 no longer work.

Impact

A filesystem resize operation may fail with the following error: # lvreduce --resizefs --size -40G /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata Do you want to unmount "/appdata"? [Y|n] y fsck from util-linux 2.23.2 /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata is in use. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. resize2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013) resize2fs: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. fsadm: Resize ext3 failed fsadm failed: 1 Filesystem resize failed.

Conditions

When the jitterentropy-rngd is started by systemd which is the default state of the BIG-IP.

Workaround

Unmount /appdata and restart the jitterentropy-rngd, using the following commands: umount /appdata systemctl restart jitterentropy-rngd Then retry the resize operation.

Fix Information

None

Change history

2025-12-31 Added: 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4

2025-12-31 Added: 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, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 16.1.6.1, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3

2025-11-29 Added: 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4

2025-11-15 Added: 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4

2025-11-15 Added: 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, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 16.1.6.1, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3

2025-10-30 Added: 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4

2025-10-25 Added: 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4

2025-04-28 Added: 17.0.0, 16.1.3, 16.1.2.2

Relevant Products

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Affected versions:17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2.2

Fixed versions: No known fixed versions

Relevant Products

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Affected versions:17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2.2

Fixed versions: No known fixed versions

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F5 - Defect ID: 1121169

Unable to resize the /appdata: /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata when in use

F5 - Defect ID: 1121169

Unable to resize the /appdata: /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.appdata when in use

Last updated on December 31st, 2025

BugZero Risk Score5.9 Medium

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