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HA msync.log - many errors for "cmd 'ipset -D hostset" or "sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10"

I've a new XGS HA A/P cluster running on v20.0.1. The cluster is a migration from a retired XG system. All is running and looks fine so far.

When checking logs, I found in the HA logs that this is filling with errors. Mostly the errors are always of the same type:

Fri Jun 21 18:35:32 2024:653114Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:566:handle_event: not found in get_evm2list() for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:32 2024:692530Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset wcfqdn,567,0,23.', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:32 2024:696762Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset wcfqdn,1559,0,52', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:37 2024:167965Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset wcfqdn,1559,0,52', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:38 2024:533323Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset wcfqdn,1559,0,52', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:39 2024:989615Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 12
Fri Jun 21 18:35:39 2024:994205Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 12
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:007395Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 12
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:015974Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset fqdn,580,0,52.92', cli_fd 12, serv_fd 13
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:025462Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:038884Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:043258Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,580,0,52.92', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:043281Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:051793Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,580,0,52.21', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:056171Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:065146Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:082952Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:104758Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:113369Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:121945Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:126222Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:130435Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:134911Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:139612Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,1850,0,52.2', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:153000Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:204748Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,1851,0,52.2', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:204769Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 11
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:299597Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Fri Jun 21 18:35:40 2024:303765Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
..
..
..
Sat Jun 22 08:16:03 2024:453363Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Sat Jun 22 08:16:03 2024:567705Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset wcfqdn,342,0,17.', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Sat Jun 22 08:16:03 2024:980847Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Sat Jun 22 08:16:05 2024:496076Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Sat Jun 22 08:16:05 2024:664210Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset fqdn,1849,0,52.9', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Sat Jun 22 08:16:06 2024:968134Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Sat Jun 22 08:16:07 2024:026089Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
Sat Jun 22 08:16:07 2024:244968Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 12
Sat Jun 22 08:16:09 2024:072476Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset wcfqdn,417,0,213', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
Sat Jun 22 08:16:09 2024:072506Z:3229:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 11

Currently I have no physical access to the old appliance to check if these logs have been there before the migration.

So I'd like to know what's the reason for the errors and if it is an expected log behavior? Do you have it also in your HA cluster logs?



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[edited by: Erick Jan at 3:08 AM (GMT -7) on 24 Jun 2024]
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  • I have found that log behavior for ipses messages on the old nodes that we replaced and also on all of our other active v20 nodes. this looks like "works as designed".

    though it looks like the sesid -1 errors seem to be specific on the 2 new firewalls.

    The other firewalls here log something like:

    Fri Jun 21 18:10:49 2024:498318Z:2112:STAND:STAND:DEBUG:event.c:499 ses_cnt :1


    Mon Jun 24 16:02:04 2024:837482Z:2052:MAST:MAST:DEBUG:event.c:499 ses_cnt :1

  • Hi  

    I reviewed one of the HA pair and I could see those logs without any functionality breakage!

    Tue Jun 25 05:34:15 2024:542544Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10
    Tue Jun 25 05:34:19 2024:036906Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 11
    Tue Jun 25 05:34:33 2024:436708Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:sync.c:498:sesid:-1:evm slot has NULL for sd 10

    Tue Jun 25 05:34:50 2024:687288Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,443,0,52.21', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Tue Jun 25 05:35:03 2024:017611Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:566:handle_event: not found in get_evm2list() for sd 10
    Tue Jun 25 05:35:08 2024:259334Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,435,0,52.21', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Tue Jun 25 05:35:15 2024:125615Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset fqdn,544,0,216.5', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Tue Jun 25 05:35:18 2024:985494Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset fqdn,443,0,52.92', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Tue Jun 25 05:35:25 2024:377604Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset fqdn,434,0,52.21', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Tue Jun 25 05:35:27 2024:280965Z:61804:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:566:handle_event: not found in get_evm2list() for sd 10

    I am reviewing the reason or cause of this and let you know if any found.

    Mayur Makvana
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  • Hi  ,

    We request you try adding and deleting the FQDN host and reviewing on secondary device.

    Fri Jun 21 18:35:32 2024:692530Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset wcfqdn,567,0,23.', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Fri Jun 21 18:35:32 2024:696762Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -A hostset wcfqdn,1559,0,52', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Fri Jun 21 18:35:37 2024:167965Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset wcfqdn,1559,0,52', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11
    Fri Jun 21 18:35:38 2024:533323Z:3242:MAST:MAST:ERROR:event.c:572: error found for cmd 'ipset -D hostset wcfqdn,1559,0,52', cli_fd 10, serv_fd 11

    Here -A suggest addition and -D as deletion

    Mayur Makvana
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  • I did that yesterday, created a FQDN dummy host on node 1, switched HA nodes

    node 2 had the FQDN synced.