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cpinfo ... will stop the machine

S_E_ — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:18:56 GMT

Hi,

can't remember that we saw that earlier:

What does the statement with shut down machine exactly mean? Did not see that any service goes down.

MDS R80.40 ; HF T91

Regards,

[Expert@MDS:0]# cpinfo -z -d -D -o /var/tmp/MDS_cpinfo.tgz

This is Check Point CPinfo Build 914000202 for GAIA

CPinfo Creation...

Collecting information...: 100%
Starting MDS export.
This process can take a few minutes or hours (depending on size of export) and will stop the machine.

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

_Val_ — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:22:50 GMT

On management servers, CPINFO creates a migrate export file. To make sure DB is consistent, cpstop/mdsstop is required. This ensures no DB transactions are in progress when export file is being created.

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

S_E_ — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:31:21 GMT

Hi,

If I understand correctly:

mdsstop -> admins will be dropped > unsaved sessions might exist

mdsstop -> downtime for admins = => maintenance window

That is not good. This is usually the first thing TAC asked for.

Thanks

Regards

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

_Val_ — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:37:41 GMT

you are correct, it is reasonable to run cpinfo during a service window.

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

the_rock — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:56:19 GMT

Hm...I never seen that before on mds, mind you, I had not played around on Provider-1 since R77.30, so it could be different in R80 version. But, on gateway or regular mgmt server, cpinfo would never require you to do cpstop, Im 100% positive of that.

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:24:23 GMT

As _Val_ wrote this happens because of the Migrate Export.

If you run the same command with -x it will not create a migrate export file and will not need to stop the Check Point products:

-x Don't create migrate export or MDS export, for Management or Multi-Domain Management, R80 version or above only

I think it would be helpful to give the user the notification and an option to quit the action before starting (I'll take it up with relevant owner)

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

the_rock — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:19:01 GMT

I agree 100%...it would be very helpful if warning came up, for sure.

Andy

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

Arik_Ovtracht — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 08:00:34 GMT

Hi, owner here 🙂

We can add this to the next version of cpinfo.

Re: cpinfo ... will stop the machine

Arik_Ovtracht — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:11:38 GMT

Hi,

After checking, it appears that cpinfo doesn't actually stop the processes - the message is wrong.

The next version of cpinfo will have a fixed message.