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    pfsense reboot randomly on vmware

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Yes, it's a significant task. But it would prove the issue is in the vmxnet3 driver. Or disprove it.

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        security_sharezone @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10

        I will definitely do it. my steps are

        1. wireguard down for two days and see if problem backup job
        2. change e1000

        I will give feedback. if a solution is found in the meantime I would be happy

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          security_sharezone @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 in this moment 20 hours without reboot .
          wireguard is up but without backup running . low traffic transit .

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            security_sharezone @security_sharezone
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            @security_sharezone said in pfsense reboot randomly on vmware:

            @stephenw10

            one day up e running .. today night switch on e1000 network

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Cool. One of our devs is digging into this. He may reach out to you with a diagnostic kernel.

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                security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                maximum availability to support you and the community

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                  security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10

                  i think that for 2 Days 14 Hours 08 Minutes 08 Seconds the firt point of step 1. ( wireguard down for two days and see if problem backup job ) is done
                  today renable backup job and resubmit result . if crach disable vmxnet3 and enable e1000

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                    security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                    system crashed after enable backup copy with vpn wireguard dump_1212_2023.txt

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                      security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10

                      another crash Crash report begins. Anonymous mac.txt

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Hmm, interesting.

                        Are you able to upgrade to 2.7.2 and confirm it also happens there?

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                          security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10

                          I performed update before re-enabling backup jobs

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                            security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10
                            you thinh that is keepalive the problem ?

                            now for all vpn is set to 25 second

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              It's shouldn't be. You should not be able to panic the kernel by changing the keep-alive time!

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                                security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                                so far it has not rebooted I am waiting for tonight's backups . I will update you tomorrow morning

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  So that's using vmxnet3 NIC in pfSense 2.7.2 b ut with WireGuard disabled?

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                                    security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10 said in pfsense reboot randomly on vmware:

                                    So that's using vmxnet3 NIC in pfSense 2.7.2 b ut with WireGuard disabled?

                                    i use vmxnet3 NIC in pfSense 2.7.2 with #3 vpn WireGuard . only one vpn have traffic copy backup

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Ok great so WireGuard is still up but not passing traffic?

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                                        security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 said in pfsense reboot randomly on vmware:

                                        Ok great so WireGuard is still up but not passing traffic?

                                        wireguard has always been active. traffic always goes to the remote point, but when I activate the backup that has the remote point as a second copy pfsense crashes

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          Great we're trying to replicate it here.

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                                            security_sharezone @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10

                                            if desired we can make a wireguard vpn pfsense to my router and give you an nfs endpoint to simulate the backup repository and test traffic

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