Your pdhcplistener is doing what it’s meant to do: listen to dhcp requests and 
log the replies.
It’s usage will be proportial to the number of such request/replies it sees.



> 
> My pfdhcplistener log is going nuts during this time. I have several lines 
> per second. This is all within a second:
> 
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.87' to MAC 
> address '00:17:f2:39:51:f8' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:17:f2:39:51:f8 requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:31,computername 
> = ,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor =  
> (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 00:16:cb:b3:30:5a (10.129.100.88) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '00:16:cb:b3:30:5a' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.88' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.88' to MAC 
> address '00:16:cb:b3:30:5a' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 04:0c:ce:1b:28:11 requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = ,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,dhcp_vendor =  
> (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 04:0c:ce:1b:28:11 (10.129.100.74) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '04:0c:ce:1b:28:11' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.74' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:16:cb:b3:1f:7e requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = ,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor =  
> (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.74' to MAC 
> address '04:0c:ce:1b:28:11' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:26:08:fe:23:9c requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = ,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor =  
> (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 00:16:cb:b3:1f:7e (10.129.100.38) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '00:16:cb:b3:1f:7e' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.38' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.38' to MAC 
> address '00:16:cb:b3:1f:7e' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:23:12:25:de:2e requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = ,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor =  
> (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host a0:02:dc:b7:73:f9 (10.129.100.33) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 04:0c:ce:1a:a5:d1 requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = ,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,dhcp_vendor =  
> (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC 'a0:02:dc:b7:73:f9' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.33' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.33' to MAC 
> address 'a0:02:dc:b7:73:f9' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 00:23:12:25:de:2e (10.129.100.73) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '00:23:12:25:de:2e' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.73' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.73' to MAC 
> address '00:23:12:25:de:2e' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 00:26:08:fe:23:9c (10.129.100.71) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '00:26:08:fe:23:9c' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.71' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.71' to MAC 
> address '00:26:08:fe:23:9c' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:26:08:fc:ef:2b requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = Class12a14-15,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor = 
>  (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 00:17:f2:39:51:f8 (10.129.100.87) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '00:17:f2:39:51:f8' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.87' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched IP '10.129.100.87' to MAC 
> address '00:17:f2:39:51:f8' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::ip2mac)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:26:08:fc:ef:2b requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = Class12a14-15,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor = 
>  (main::listen_dhcp)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: DHCPACK from 10.128.100.254 
> (00:66:01:32:00:05) to host 00:16:cb:b3:30:5a (10.129.100.88) for 5 seconds 
> (main::parse_dhcp_ack)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8567) INFO: Matched MAC '00:16:cb:b3:30:5a' to 
> IP address '10.129.100.88' using OMAPI (pf::iplog::mac2ip)
> Oct 16 10:18:32 pfdhcplistener(8571) INFO: 00:26:08:fc:ef:2b requested an IP 
> with the following informations: last_dhcp = 2015-10-16 10:18:32,computername 
> = Class12a14-15,dhcp_fingerprint = 1,3,6,15,119,95,252,44,46,47,dhcp_vendor = 
>  (main::listen_dhcp)
> 
> 
> Is that normal?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Louis Munro <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Which issue exactly? 
> 
> If we are talking about pfdhcplistener stopping when you restart the database 
> that is considered normal behaviour.
> MySQL is not a PF managed service. 
> Services that depend on it may stop if they can’t connect to the database.
> That is an unfortunate fact of life.
> 
> You should always check the status of all services after a database restart.
> Database restarts should be few and far between anyway.
> 
> 

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