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Ponta
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Feb 13, 2020

Dealing with K82632320: Error message: err tcl_monitor: PID: * (_check_memory_above_limit): worker exceeded memory buffer limit 10 initial memory size * current memory size *

Hello.

On the BIG-IP4600 (ver 13.1.1.4) that I have set, the following errors appear in large numbers in / var / log / ltm.

 

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/ var / log / ltm logs similar to below error message:

 

Wed Feb 12 09:43:33 JST 2020 err "BIG-IP's hostname" tcl_monitor PID: 7022 (_check_memory_above_limit): worker exceeded memory buffer limit 10 initial memory size 27.843750 current memory size 37.871094

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There is a mail server under BIG-IP and uses "pop_healthcheck" as a health check.

This "pop_healthcheck" is created using the Configuration utility as follows.

 

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ltm monitor pop3 "pop_healthcheck" {

  debug no

  defaults-from pop3

  destination *:*

  interval 5

  password ***

  time-until-up 0

  timeout 16

  username ***

}

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In the F5 literature, this seems to be a known issue, but no action is required.

→ https: //support.f5.com/csp/article/K82632320

 

However, my / var / log / ltm is filled with the same log.

For example, can you increase the initial memory size or prevent this log from being displayed?

help me.

2 Replies

  • Like what the article K82632320 suggested, the IMAP monitor worker restarts and the system logs a message. You might want to open a support case with F5 Support to see if this same behavior applies to POP3 or if its something else.

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    Ponta
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    Thank you for your advice.

    I addressed this issue as follows:

    Monitor method: pop3 → tcp (port 110)

    It seems that the default pop3 monitor gets the mail list of the specified account.

    The list may be too many for my environment.