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vifmgr.lifdown.noports after change from VRRP to SAG

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • VRRP SAG
  • BGP
  • VIP

Issue

  • After network changes from VRRP to SAG, BGP VIPs intermittently migrate unexpectedly
  • EMS contains

    • 12/7/2025 01:04:20  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF contoso-nas-02 (on virtual server 9), IP address x.x.x.2, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0a, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:20  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF contoso-nas-01 (on virtual server 9), IP address x.x.x.1, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0a, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:20  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF contoso-nas-04 (on virtual server 9), IP address x.x.x.4, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0a, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:20  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF contoso-nas-03 (on virtual server 9), IP address x.x.x.3, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0a, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:19  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF devfscontoso-nas-02 (on virtual server 10), IP address y.y.y.2, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0b, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:19  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF devfscontoso-nas-01 (on virtual server 10), IP address y.y.y.1, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0b, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:18  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF nas01 (on virtual server 14), IP address y.y.y.5, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0b, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:18  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF devfscontoso_SVM_mgmt (on virtual server 10), IP address y.y.y.6, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0b, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:17  contoso-01      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF devfscontoso-nas-03 (on virtual server 10), IP address y.y.y.3, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-01, port v0b, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 01:04:17  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifdown.noports: LIF devfscontoso-nas-04 (on virtual server 10), IP address y.y.y.4, currently cannot be hosted on node contoso-02, port v0b, or any of its failover targets, and is being marked as down.
      12/7/2025 00:15:05  contoso-01      ALERT         vifmgr.lifs.noredundancy: No redundancy in the failover configuration for 3 LIFs assigned to node "contoso-01". LIFs: contoso:icl1, contoso:contoso-03_mgmt1, devfscontoso_SVM:devfscontoso-nas-03
      12/7/2025 00:15:05  contoso-02      ALERT         vifmgr.lifs.noredundancy: No redundancy in the failover configuration for 3 LIFs assigned to node "contoso-02". LIFs: contoso:contoso-04_mgmt1, contoso:icl2, devfscontoso_SVM:devfscontoso-nas-04

  • MESSAGES.LOG contains

    • 00000004.011654f6 035b6b45 Sun Dec 07 2025 01:04:17 -05:00 [daemon:error] 1 2025-12-07T01:04:17.905241-05:00 contoso-02 bgpd 9276 - - BGP Peers: local a.a.a.a, neighbor e.e.e.e (34): received notification: HoldTimer expired
      00000004.011654f7 035b6b45 Sun Dec 07 2025 01:04:17 -05:00 [daemon:error] 1 2025-12-07T01:04:17.908071-05:00 contoso-02 bgpd 9276 - - BGP Peers: local b.b.b.b, neighbor f.f.f.f (37): received notification: HoldTimer expired
      00000004.011654f9 035b6b45 Sun Dec 07 2025 01:04:17 -05:00 [daemon:error] 1 2025-12-07T01:04:17.941181-05:00 contoso-02 bgpd 9276 - - BGP Peers: local c.c.c.c, neighbor e.e.e.e (39): received notification: HoldTimer expired
      00000004.011654fb 035b6b45 Sun Dec 07 2025 01:04:17 -05:00 [daemon:error] 1 2025-12-07T01:04:17.942539-05:00 contoso-02 bgpd 9276 - - BGP Peers: local d.d.d.d, neighbor f.f.f.f (41): received notification: HoldTimer expired

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