Web interface showing "Starting web server" and CLI shows "logger: Re-starting mcpd" every 2 seconds after shutting down 13.1.0.5 Build 0.0.5 Virtual

Question

I have an F5 LTM virtual machine loaded up on a GNS3 VM for a lab. The virtual machine is activated with interfaces/VLANs and a couple pools/VIPs and a policy. When I go to shut down the virtual, I am greeted with the web interface saying...

Starting web server
Please do not reboot your device. The device is starting services required for the communication with the configuration utility.
This process takes approximately 1-2 minutes.

and then it runs for 30+ minutes.

Logging in to the console with the root account results in endless
logger: Re-starting mcpd

I have tried...

touch /service/mcpd/forceload  
Forcing a file system check on the next system reboot

I should also note that the CLI shows that the LTM is INOPERATIVE so I cannot issue TMSH commands. This issue has happened to me earlier in the week and I just decided to install it as a new VM but I do not want to have to do that every time I need to shut down my host. The lab is only temporary and for testing so I just need to make sure things work but I do not want to have to keep the virtual machine running when I am done for the day in order to keep this machine working. I should also mention this is just a trial license. Any help would be much appreciated.

jhanington_1353 · Answer

LTM Log

2018-10-17T18:22:25-04:00 lb5 notice boot_marker : ---===[ HD1.1 - BIG-IP 13.1.0.5 Build 0.0.5 ]===---
Oct 17 18:22:28 lb5 info mprov:1573:: Invoked as: /usr/bin/mprov.pl (pid=1573) --logicaldisk --boot --quiet
Oct 17 18:22:28 lb5 info mprov:1573:: 'Checking for and completing any logical disk transactions:'
Oct 17 18:22:28 lb5 info mprov:1606:: Invoked as: /usr/bin/mprov.pl (pid=1606) --diskmgmt --boot --quiet
Oct 17 18:22:28 lb5 info mprov:1606:: 'Checking for and completing any disk management transactions:'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: Invoked as: /usr/bin/mprov.pl (pid=1638) --boot --quiet
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/tam'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/tmm'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/afm'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/vcmp'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/apm'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/avr'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/am'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/asm'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/ltm'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/dos'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/pem'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/mprov/fps'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 warning mprov:1638:: 'Requested memory type hugetlbfs-1G is unsupported'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/usr/bin/numactl --interleave=all /bin/echo 1315 &gt; /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/bin/mount -t hugetlbfs -o pagesize=2M none /dev/mprov/tmm 2&gt;&amp;1 1&gt;/dev/null'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: '/usr/bin/setdb Provision.Action none -skipsyntax'
Oct 17 18:22:29 lb5 info mprov:1638:: 'Provisioning successful.'
Oct 17 18:22:30 lb5 info mprov:1723:: Invoked as: /usr/bin/mprov.pl (pid=1723) --legacy --quiet
Oct 17 18:22:30 lb5 info mprov:1723:: 'Provisioning (legacy update) successful.'
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 info promptstatusd[2328]: 01460007:6: promptstatusd starting up
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 notice promptstatusd[2328]: 01460006:5: semaphore tmm.running(1) held
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 notice promptstatusd[2328]: 01460006:5: semaphore chmand.running(1) held
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 notice promptstatusd[2328]: 01460006:5: semaphore mcpd.running(1) held
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 warning promptstatusd[2328]: 01460005:4: mcpd.running(1) held, wait for mcpd
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 info overdog[2323]: 01140100:6: Overdog daemon startup.
Oct 17 18:22:33 lb5 notice overdog[2323]: 01140103:5: Watchdog touch enabled with 40 seconds.
Oct 17 18:22:51 lb5 info lind[5120]: 0114002b:6: HA software_update lind enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: Starting ChassisManager (chmand)
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found platform 'Z100' in /PLATFORM
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: systype      = 0x71
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: family       = 0xc0000000
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: probeBits    = 0x1000013
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: platform     = Z100
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: host         = Z100
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: Initialization of HAL services for platform Z100(base)
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: hypervisor_offline initialized
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 0114002b:6: HA dataplane_inoperable_t chmand enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: hypervisor_offline enable 
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: PCI devices probing completed.
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: (non-pci) add Mgmt Nic : devclass(200):bus(0):slot(e0):func(0):vendor(f5f5):devid(f500):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(1)flags(0)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0)
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.1) for interface (1.1) on bus(0)/slot(4) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(4):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.2) for interface (1.2) on bus(0)/slot(5) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(5):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.3) for interface (1.3) on bus(0)/slot(6) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(6):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.4) for interface (1.4) on bus(0)/slot(7) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(7):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.5) for interface (1.5) on bus(0)/slot(8) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(8):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.6) for interface (1.6) on bus(0)/slot(9) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(9):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: Found PCI NIC, (nic1.7) for interface (1.7) on bus(0)/slot(10) (devclass(0):bus(0):slot(a):func(0):vendor(0):devid(0):rev(0):devindex(0)owner(0)flags(800)bandwidth_factor(1)die_id(0))
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 err chmand[6376]: 012a0003:3: dlopen() error: /usr/lib/libiradapter.so: invalid ELF header  : File AdapterLoader.cpp Line 57
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: Loaded HAL services for platform Z100Host
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: Base service initialized.
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: HAL sys service initialized.
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: MCP initial connection not ready.
Oct 17 18:22:54 lb5 info promptstatusd[2328]: 01460007:6: semaphore chmand.running(1) released
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 notice mcpd[6373]: 01071539:5: Mcpd is starting.  The BIG-IP version is 13.1.0.5.
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 notice mcpd[6373]: 01390002:5: User requested database size set to 512MB
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: MCP connection is up.
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 notice mcpd[6373]: 01390002:5: The configuration DB has been initialized with 20971520 bytes of memory
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 info mcpd[6373]: 0114002b:6: HA overdog_ctl watchdog enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 info mcpd[6373]: 0114002b:6: HA daemon_heartbeat mcpd enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:55 lb5 info mcpd[6373]: 0114002b:6: HA license_exceeded_t mcpd enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:56 lb5 notice mcpd[6373]: 0107165d:5: init_system_epsec_software_status: EPSEC:: loading of Epsec software status passed
Oct 17 18:22:56 lb5 err mcpd[6373]: 01070596:3: An unexpected failure has occurred, CCDB Unseal CCDB file /defaults/ccdb/ccdb.default failed. - sys/validation/CCDBFileMgr.cpp, line 328, exiting...
Oct 17 18:22:56 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: MCP connection lost.
Oct 17 18:22:56 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: resetting chmand services
Oct 17 18:22:56 lb5 info sod[5601]: 0114002b:6: HA forced_offline sod enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:56 lb5 info sod[5601]: 0114002b:6: HA reboot_request_t sod enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:58 lb5 notice mcpd[7711]: 01071539:5: Mcpd is starting.  The BIG-IP version is 13.1.0.5.
Oct 17 18:22:58 lb5 notice mcpd[7711]: 01390002:5: User requested database size set to 512MB
Oct 17 18:22:58 lb5 notice mcpd[7711]: 01390002:5: The configuration DB has been initialized with 20971520 bytes of memory
Oct 17 18:22:58 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: MCP connection is up.
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 info mcpd[7711]: 0114002b:6: HA overdog_ctl watchdog enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 info mcpd[7711]: 0114002b:6: HA daemon_heartbeat mcpd enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 info mcpd[7711]: 0114002b:6: HA license_exceeded_t mcpd enabled.
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 notice mcpd[7711]: 0107165d:5: init_system_epsec_software_status: EPSEC:: loading of Epsec software status passed
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 err mcpd[7711]: 01070596:3: An unexpected failure has occurred, CCDB Unseal CCDB file /defaults/ccdb/ccdb.default failed. - sys/validation/CCDBFileMgr.cpp, line 328, exiting...
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 info sod[5601]: 010c0012:6: Mcp start publication fails with error 0x1020003.
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: MCP connection lost.
Oct 17 18:22:59 lb5 notice chmand[6376]: 012a0005:5: resetting chmand services
Oct 17 18:23:00 lb5 notice mcpd[8439]: 01071539:5: Mcpd is starting.  The BIG-IP version is 13.1.0.5.
Oct 17 18:23:00 lb5 notice mcpd[8439]: 01390002:5: User requested database size set to 512MB
Oct 17 18:23:00 lb5 notice mcpd[8439]: 01390002:5: The configuration DB has been initialized with 20971520 bytes of memory
Oct 17 18:23:00 lb5 info mcpd[8439]: 0114002b:6: HA overdog_ctl watchdog enabled.
Oct 17 18:23:00 lb5 info mcpd[8439]: 0114002b:6: HA daemon_heartbeat mcpd enabled.
Oct 17 18:23:00 lb5 info mcpd[8439]: 0114002b:6: HA license_exceeded_t mcpd enabled.
Oct 17 18:23:01 lb5 info chmand[6376]: 012a0006:6: MCP connection is up.

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