F5 extension GENERIC_ERROR

andre_vdveen — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:19:32 GMT

Hi,

I reviewed the F5 logs for a client who's extension was working and collecting data, but stopped suddenly.
The logs contain a lot of Message="GENERIC_ERROR SNMP function execution failed" and Message="GENERIC_ERROR Empty results" entries, but it's not clear what the cause is. I suspect either an overloaded ActiveGates (there's two in the group) or overloaded F5, trying to send too much data.

I couldn't find much on the log entries other than this post that lists the GENERIC_ERROR code.

Also noticed a lot of these:

[INVALID_CONFIG_ERROR] Endpoint="10.x.y.z:161" Message="INVALID_CONFIG_ERROR No value was reported for the metrics:

Any ideas?

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F5 extension GENERIC_ERROR