Does deleting a Virtual IP cause the system to Reboot?

peterdh44 · Feb 12, 2009, 2:54 PM

This just happened to me yesterday - I thought it meight just be a coincidence but it happened twice.

Has anyone else experienced this?

TIA

Peter

dotdash · Feb 13, 2009, 4:38 PM

Was it a CARP VIP?
If so, you should have seen THE FIREWALL WILL REBOOT WHEN YOU APPLY CHANGES to the left of the 'Apply Changes' button.

peterdh44 · Feb 16, 2009, 4:08 PM

Actually it does not warn you before you press the apply button - all it shows is:

The VIP configuration has been changed.
You must apply the changes in order for them to take effect.

After the apply button is pressed it then shows:

The firewall is now rebooting, please wait.

We are on version 1.2

dotdash · Feb 16, 2009, 10:29 PM

I checked 1.2 and you are right. It doesn't warn you. The warning is in 1.2.2 and I'm sure I saw it in older versions. There must have been some changes that removed the warning in 1.2 and it was fixed later. I'm so used to it, I never noticed I wasn't being warned in 1.2. Anyway, this is expected. Upgrade and you will be warned.

peterdh44 · Feb 18, 2009, 6:21 PM

OK - that explains it!

Thanks,

Peter

cmb · Feb 19, 2009, 3:37 AM

Yeah it didn't appropriately warn before 1.2.1, it's supposed to do that. CARP interfaces can't be removed on a running system. You don't have to reboot right away, but the VIP won't be removed until you do.