[garner] konstant 30% CPU, resolve Cache error

Hello StefanS ,

Thank you for reaching out to the community, On the CLI, select option 5. Device Management, then option 3. Advanced Shell.  
type the command: service garner:restart -ds nosync

And then check the logs again !!

nope, still cache error.

Can you share the following outputs:
1.) df -kh
2.) ls -larth /var/cores
3.) tail -f /log/garner.log
4.) tail -f /log/syslog.log
5.) tail -f applog.log 

df -kh

df -kh
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
none                      1.6G     14.3M      1.5G   1% /
none                      3.8G     28.0K      3.8G   0% /dev
none                      3.8G     21.0M      3.8G   1% /tmp
none                      3.8G     14.6M      3.8G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/boot               127.7M     31.9M     93.0M  26% /boot
/dev/mapper/mountconf
                        957.7M     77.1M    876.6M   8% /conf
/dev/content             11.2G    424.2M     10.8G   4% /content
/dev/var                 87.1G     29.2G     57.9G  34% /var

ls -larth /var/cores

-rw-------    1 root     0         888.7M Jul 27 13:44 core.snort
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     0           4.0K Jul 27 23:58 .
drwxr-xr-x   41 root     0           4.0K Nov 14 10:42 ..

 tail -f /log/garner.log

usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
Nov 14 11:05:42Z: OPPOSTGRES: move_table_to_usedqueue: moving table 'available_fwapplicationv7_1668251090' FD: 14
Nov 14 11:05:42Z: OPPOSTGRES: move_table_to_usedqueue: table 'available_fwapplicationv7_1668251090' is moved to 'tbl_used_fwapplicationv7' queue
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_GW_MODULE failed
usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed

tail -f /log/syslog.log

Nov 14 10:45:13Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 10:45:29Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 10:49:11Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 10:50:20Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 10:51:54Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 10:55:37Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 10:59:17Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 11:00:25Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 11:01:26Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 11:06:45Z localhost exim: looking for plugins in '/usr/lib/sasl2', failed to open directory, error: No such file or directory

tail -f applog.log 

Nov 14 11:00:01Z apiInterface:request mode -> 1201.
Nov 14 11:00:01Z apiInterface:Current ver :::'1500.1' 
Nov 14 11:00:01Z apiInterface:entityjson::::::::cli::alert=HASH(0xb71dd00)
Nov 14 11:00:01Z Info:: Transaction will not be rolled back for opcode setAlertSettings. If any operation fails, request is part of multiple request : 
Nov 14 11:00:06Z String Built : No|LiveUserids|BWids 1|2,25,24|10,0,10
Nov 14 11:00:11Z Checking new IPs of fqdn for mta
Nov 14 11:01:12Z getpublickey success Key: 79e509a6409a522f667eb9d53c95aa487eeb 
Nov 14 11:03:04Z String Built : No|LiveUserids|BWids 1|24,25|10,0
Nov 14 11:05:10Z Checking new IPs of fqdn for mta
Nov 14 11:06:04Z String Built : No|LiveUserids|BWids 1|25,24|0,0

Do you have IPsec tunnels configured if yes then how many ?
Are they policy base or tunnel base IPsec tunnels ?
And have you just updated a firmware from v18.5.4 MR-4 to v19.0.1 MR-1 ?
Are you facing this issue after the upgrade ?

>Do you have IPsec tunnels configured if yes then how many ?
three IPsec cross-site and one for Sophos Connect Remote Ipsec

>Are they policy base or tunnel base IPsec tunnels ?
route base VPN

>And have you just updated a firmware from v18.5.4 MR-4 to v19.0.1 MR-1 ?
from v18.5.2

>Are you facing this issue after the upgrade ?
no

How many route base tunnels are configured ?

Then Since when did you notice this logs generating?

As garner service is responsible for the logging and reporting part, have you faced any problems in generating reports from the reports dashboard or missing logs from the log viewer section ?

>How many route base tunnels are configured ?
only two, but with more routes and larger subnets.

>Then Since when did you notice this logs generating?
After switching to v19.01, i noticed that on average, when the users are in the company, we have 50-60% CPU load.
That was about 15- 20% less before.
What is also noticeable in this context is that snort and garner are the main causes of the high CPU load.

Snort is responsible for IPS.
During this increase in CPU load, have you faced such troubles like:
1.) Access to the web GUI FW ?
2.) ssh access ?
3.) Number of users ? - Do you they face any troubles accessing the internet or any slowness ?
4.) Network impact - LAN/WAN ?

>Snort is responsible for IPS.
i know :)
Regarding points 1,2 and 4.
No problems at all, except this garner and snort CPU problem.

To point 3.
120 users, currently about 20 in HO (home office).

That should not be a problem for the XG230.
What i read / see, however, that there are always complaints with garner / snort in terms of high CPU utilization.
This is already an older problem.

Is there at least a chance to solve the garner / cache problem ?

Is there at least a chance to solve the garner / cache problem ?

Can you share the out of the: less garner.log | grep threshold

>  Screenshot of the system services > log settings 

Hey StefanS  also the output of - less garner.log | grep threshold 
Are you using all the modules/services and do you require logging of each and every option ticked ?

ess garner.log | grep threshold 

less garner.log | grep threshold
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668397800' --> SE COUNT: '43461', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668397801' --> SE COUNT: '774', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668397860' --> SE COUNT: '42811', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668397920' --> SE COUNT: '42574', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668397981' --> SE COUNT: '44601', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398040' --> SE COUNT: '42601', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398100' --> SE COUNT: '44057', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398101' --> SE COUNT: '659', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398161' --> SE COUNT: '42348', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398221' --> SE COUNT: '43394', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398281' --> SE COUNT: '43059', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398340' --> SE COUNT: '42813', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398400' --> SE COUNT: '44245', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398401' --> SE COUNT: '724', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398461' --> SE COUNT: '42706', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398521' --> SE COUNT: '42717', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398581' --> SE COUNT: '43595', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398641' --> SE COUNT: '43426', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398700' --> SE COUNT: '43507', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398701' --> SE COUNT: '360', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398760' --> SE COUNT: '42634', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398820' --> SE COUNT: '43458', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398881' --> SE COUNT: '43343', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668398941' --> SE COUNT: '44051', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399001' --> SE COUNT: '44058', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399002' --> SE COUNT: '429', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399060' --> SE COUNT: '42286', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399120' --> SE COUNT: '42492', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399181' --> SE COUNT: '43077', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399241' --> SE COUNT: '43979', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399300' --> SE COUNT: '43729', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399301' --> SE COUNT: '548', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399360' --> SE COUNT: '43171', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399420' --> SE COUNT: '42865', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399480' --> SE COUNT: '42672', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399541' --> SE COUNT: '44439', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399601' --> SE COUNT: '44283', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399601' --> SE COUNT: '38', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399660' --> SE COUNT: '42354', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399720' --> SE COUNT: '42993', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399780' --> SE COUNT: '43841', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399840' --> SE COUNT: '43175', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399901' --> SE COUNT: '43590', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399902' --> SE COUNT: '1042', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668399962' --> SE COUNT: '43042', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400021' --> SE COUNT: '42922', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400080' --> SE COUNT: '42854', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400140' --> SE COUNT: '43417', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400201' --> SE COUNT: '43764', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400202' --> SE COUNT: '793', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400261' --> SE COUNT: '42428', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400321' --> SE COUNT: '43708', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400381' --> SE COUNT: '44033', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400440' --> SE COUNT: '42492', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400500' --> SE COUNT: '43310', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400501' --> SE COUNT: '1050', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400561' --> SE COUNT: '42383', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400621' --> SE COUNT: '43137', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400681' --> SE COUNT: '42849', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400741' --> SE COUNT: '44394', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400800' --> SE COUNT: '42627', Drop events count 0
sethreshold_event: timestamp: '1668400801' --> SE COUNT: '863', Drop events count 0

So there are no drop events, as it has not exceeded the threshold. 
Yes, I would request you to untick the options which are not required at least on the local reporting side !!

 StefanS The log "usercache_output: resolve_gr_cache for FW_PBR_MODULE failed" seems not normal . is it possible to give support access to device? Engineering team would like to check on what is causing that log to continuously . - Shrikant

Certainly no problem.
Where should i send the login data ?

You can PM directly to me or ShrikantSophos 
Support access id enablement - https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/19.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/AdministratorHelp/Diagnostics/ConnectionList/SupportAccess/index.html
copy/paste in PM StefanS  

Vivek, you have a PM

Thank you, we will check and revert you soon !