NetScaler SVM Stops Sporadically

NetScaler SVM Stops Sporadically

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Article ID: CTX238208

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Description

SDX SVM is hang which is unable to ping, has no GUI Access, nor SSH CLI Access. XenServer is able to access Tried to access from XenServer console, still no response. Tried to reboot SVM, no response. Tried to NMI SVM, no response. Tried to Power off SVM, SVM change to deadbeef state and have to reboot SDX box to reboot SVM.

Resolution

The issue is fixed in XS65ESP1029. Upgrade to NS 11.1 build 59+ or NS 12.0 build 58+ to fix the issue.


Problem Cause

Tapdisk on XenServer was hang at that period:
From XenServer log /var/log/messages:
Aug 24 20:46:41 netscaler-sdx tap-ctl[20247]: tap-err:tap_ctl_read_raw: failure reading data 0/544
Aug 24 20:46:41 netscaler-sdx tap-ctl[20247]: tap-err:tap_ctl_send_and_receive: failed to receive 'pid' message
Aug 24 20:46:41 netscaler-sdx tapdisk[13217]: tap-err:scheduler_wait_for_events: select failed: Bad file descriptor

Aug 24 21:19:03 netscaler-sdx xcp-networkd: [error|netscaler-sdx|0||network_config] Error while trying to write networkd configuration: Unix.Unix_error(24, "write", "") Raised by primitive operation at file "unix.ml", line 173, characters 7-34 Called from file "uni xext.ml", line 192, characters 18-39 Called from file "pervasiveext.ml", line 22, characters 2-9 Re-raised at file "pervasiveext.ml", line
Aug 28 02:17:26 netscaler-sdx syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Aug 28 02:17:26 netscaler-sdx kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.