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# sk181299 - "Comparing /etc/sysctl.conf, SGMs" error when running the "# config_verify -v" command

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk181299 |
| Date Created | 2023-07-24 |
| Last Modified | 2023-07-25 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Scalable Platforms |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS) |

## Symptoms

- * In a Maestro environment, a Security Group Member (in this scenarion, SGM 1_04 ) is in the "down" state. This is the output of the "`# config_verify -v`" command:   
  `
  [Expert@[hostname]-ch02-01:0]# config_verify -v`  
  `Performing DB verification... Passed`  
  `Performing xfer files verification... Failed!`  
  `+------------------------------------------------------------------------+`  
  `|File: /etc/sysctl.conf |`  
  `+------------------------------------------------------------------------+`  
  `|VS 0 |File is identical on SGMs: |1_04 |`  
  `+----------+------------------------------+------------------------------+`  
  `|VS 0 |File is identical on SGMs: |1_01 1_02 1_03 1_05 1_06 1_07 |`  
  `| | |1_08 2_01 2_02 2_03 2_04 2_05 |`  
  `| | |2_06 2_07 2_08 |`  
  `+----------+------------------------------+------------------------------+`  

  `Comparing /etc/sysctl.conf, SGMs: 1_04,1_01`  
  `102,103d101`  
  `<`  
  `< net.ipv4.route.src_mask = -1`  
  ` `
* The "`g_md5sum`" command hashes the file across all Security Group Members and equates the output. All but SGM 1_04 contain the same file content.   
  `[Expert@[hostname]-ch02-01:0]# g_md5sum /etc/sysctl.conf`  
  `-*- 15 blades: 1_01 1_02 1_03 1_05 1_06 1_07 1_08 2_01 2_02 2_03 2_04 2_05 2_06 2_07 2_08 -*-`  
  `0a8cb1db572b9b62853270fac04c7870 /etc/sysctl.conf`  
  `-*- 1 blade: 1_04 -*-`  
  `9a1bab605dba05f9b8f1a1d7fde73ff4 /etc/sysctl.conf`

  <br />

* A reboot does not resolve the issue.

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