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Guardium sniffer restarts with error: guard::datasource::Policy_rule_action_Rule_action_type_IsValid(value)

Troubleshooting


Problem

The Guardium sniffer process is restarting several times per minute and STAPs are not active on the GUI. In snif_stderr.txt file you see multiple errors like: guard::datasource::Policy_rule_action_Rule_action_type_IsValid(value)

Symptom

  • STAPs red in the GUI
  • In GUI->Guardium Monitor->Buffer Usage Monitor the column "Mem Sniffer" is increasing and decreasing in size very often
  • In the same report, the column "TID" is changing very often.
  • In the snif_stderr.txt (available from fileserver) you see an error:

    •  libprotobuf FATAL ../../../BUILD/guard-platform/libs/guard++/datasource/datasource.pb.h:6545] CHECK failed: ::guard::datasource::Policy_rule_action_Rule_action_type_IsValid(value): (value)

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21685799