Built something you're proud of? Tell the story. A quick G2 review of App Engine or Build Agent helps other developers see what's possible on ServiceNow. Share your experience.

Discovery log - Other TCP connection states found: ["FIN_WAIT_2","TIME_WAIT","CLOSE_WAIT","SYN_SENT"

Richard Nelson
Giga Guru

Hi all, I have noticed that our discovery log has started to report numerous messages relating to the TCP connection states.  This appears be a recent phenomena and I'm trying to understand if its an indication of an issue or simply an increase on the level of logging.

 

Other TCP connection states found: ["FIN_WAIT_2","TIME_WAIT","CLOSE_WAIT","SYN_SENT"]

 

Has anyone else noticed these or know why they are being reported?

 

Thanks,  Richard 

5 REPLIES 5

alexandrede
Tera Contributor

Ola , boa tarde, tambem estou observando isso nos meus discoverys, alguem mais ? temos solucao ?

Hi Alexandrede, No I did not find a solution.  I'm still open to explanations if anyone out there has one.

Marinus _Ronald
Tera Contributor

Hi Richard,

 

This log entry is generated by the Windows – Active Connections multisensor, which is part of the Windows – ADM multiprobe. The multisensor categorizes TCP connections using the following system properties:

 

glide.discovery.windows_tcp_listening_connections
glide.discovery.windows_tcp_established_connections

 

Connection states that do not match the values defined in these two properties are placed into a separate list and logged by the multisensor.

 

The part I question is the severity. Since ADM only seems to care about listening/established states, logging the other normal TCP states as a warning feels misleading. Informational or no log at all would make more sense.

 

I am opening a HI ticket to ask ServiceNow why this is warning-level logging and whether this is expected behavior or something they plan to change.

 

Br,

Ronald

We have the same issue, it started after an upgrade to Zurich patch 7. Any updates on the ServiceNow response is appreciated.