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Virtual memory limit exceeded, restarting - SNMPD

L3 Networker

Hi , 

 

i am running PAN-OS 10.1.10-h1 with PA-7080

 

we encounter issue on system alert showing SNMPD Virtual memory limit exceeded, restarting 

 

Im not notice any strange behaviour in Palo Alto, i dont know if this error should produce any impact.........what this critical error does? how to solve it?

 

thank you 

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Hi Kiwi 

 

thank you for the advise, i receive report that multiple firewall with same model have a same issue ,

after checking with palo team, it has determine have bug as we also use SNMPv3 

 

here i share the detail so other communities have same issue can refer to this

 

On PA-7000 and PA-5450: These platforms have a limit (1GB) set on snmpd virtual memory by default.
After the virtual memory snmpd hits the limit, the snmpd process is restarted. Following system log is generated upon snmpd restart:
2023/06/30 02:34:56 critical general general 0 snmpd - virtual memory limit exceeded, restarting
Usually there is no other impact other than few missed SNMP polls when snmpd is restarting.

Please refer to KB below for details
SNMPV3 polling failures and OOM messages in system log
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u0000008VUlCAM

The issue is fixed under PAN-217208 in PAN-OS 10.1.11. Upgrade to this or higher versions will resolve the issue
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-11-known-and-addresse...

 

thank you

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Hi @Fariq_Zaidi ,

 

Do you use SNMP extensively on your 7080? If so, the restarts of the SNMP daemon could result in missed SNMP traps or delays. I recommend reaching out to support to troubleshoot why SNMPD is consuming so much memory and restarting.

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Hi Jay thank you for the support

Thank you

 

 

Community Team Member

Hi @Fariq_Zaidi ,

 

I've seen similar behaviour in relation to bug PAN-222188.

 

As @JayGolf suggested, please reach out to TAC to confirm if you're running into this exact issue. 

Target fixes for that specific issue are 11.0.4, 11.2.0, 11.1.3, 10.2.9, 10.2.11, 10.1.13, 10.1.9-h9

 

Kind regards,

-Kim.

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Kiwi
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Hi Kiwi 

 

thank you for the advise, i receive report that multiple firewall with same model have a same issue ,

after checking with palo team, it has determine have bug as we also use SNMPv3 

 

here i share the detail so other communities have same issue can refer to this

 

On PA-7000 and PA-5450: These platforms have a limit (1GB) set on snmpd virtual memory by default.
After the virtual memory snmpd hits the limit, the snmpd process is restarted. Following system log is generated upon snmpd restart:
2023/06/30 02:34:56 critical general general 0 snmpd - virtual memory limit exceeded, restarting
Usually there is no other impact other than few missed SNMP polls when snmpd is restarting.

Please refer to KB below for details
SNMPV3 polling failures and OOM messages in system log
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u0000008VUlCAM

The issue is fixed under PAN-217208 in PAN-OS 10.1.11. Upgrade to this or higher versions will resolve the issue
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-11-known-and-addresse...

 

thank you

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