Symptoms
Software installation fails and lind restarts.
In /var/log/daemon.log you see the following log message:
logger: Re-starting lind
In /var/log/ltm you see the following log message?
err lind[<pid>]: 013c0004:3: Fatal error: block id new probe failed - device file:/dev/cdrom
The SSH CLI repeats " Emergency Logger: restarting lind"
Impact
Software installation failure
Workaround
1 If 'ls
-l
/dev/cdrom' reports the file does not exist, then recreate it
with
# ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom
Note: If the above workaround does not fix the issue, consider the below steps to continue.
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If you performed an installation attempt, it will be required to remove a regenerated files due the "lind" restarts,
1 List the generated files,
# ls /tmp/ | grep lind
Example output :
lind_util.0eG2cP
lind_util.0Eh1sQ
lind_util.0IRL3L
lind_util.0uYYrY
3 Remove them.
# rm -rf /tmp/lind_util*
Note : If you are running vCMP, you may need to proceed with following steps.
4 If attempting image installation on vCMP guest, ensure the image is stored on both vCMP host and vCMP guest with proper permission. -- K31152558 vCMP guest failed to install new version with error: Fatal error: block id new probe failed - device file:/dev/cdrom
Note: do not skip the above steps before mcpd forceload.
5 If the previously procedure does not
fix the error you should perform a mcpd force reload by following the article K13030: Forcing the mcpd process to reload the BIG-IP configuration
