Symptoms
Upon rebooting a multi-blade VIPRION or vCMP guest, MCPD can restart once on one or more Secondary blades.
Entries similar to the following example are visible in the /var/log/ltm file:
err mcpd[10724]: 01070920:3: Application error for confpp: STDERR/STDOUT text begins Restarting syslog-ng:
Shutting down syslog-ng: [FAILED]
Starting syslog-ng: STDERR/STDOUT text ends ************************************************************* Nov 20 22:07:22 bigip1 confpp[20403]: reconfig command FAILURE for unix_config_syslog returned: '/etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart 2>&1' Restarting syslog-ng:
Shutting down syslog-ng: [FAILED]
Starting syslog-ng: [
OK
]
err mcpd[10724]: 01070734:3: Configuration error: Configuration from primary failed validation: 01070920:3: Application error for confpp: STDERR/STDOUT text begins Restarting syslog-ng:
Shutting down syslog-ng: [FAILED]
Starting syslog-ng: STDERR/STDOUT text ends ************************************************************* Nov 20 22:07:22 bigip1 confpp[20403]: reconfig command FAILURE for unix_config_syslog returned: '/etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart 2>&1' Restarting syslog-ng:
Shutting down syslog-ng: [FAILED]
Starting syslog-ng: [
OK
]
Impact
The blades that encounter this issue take longer to become operational, as they undergo an unnecessary MCPD restart.
Conditions
-- Multi-blade VIPRION system or vCMP guest.
-- The system is rebooted.
Fix Information
Multi-blade systems that are rebooted no longer experience unnecessary MCPD restarts.
