pmxcfs spamming into /var/log/syslog

CycloneB

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I see this thread from 2021 and didn't want to necro it in case this is a different issue with the same result.

In my syslog, I get dozens of these messages at a time. Is this expected? From the prior thread, it sounded like a coder at some point wanted to suppress/remove these, but I don't know if that ever happened. These do seem to step around logging into my nodes.

Code:
Apr 20 22:49:40 pve1 pveproxy[3657443]: Clearing outdated entries from certificate cache
Apr 20 22:51:55 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:51:55 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:57:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:57:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:06 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:15 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:18 pve1 pveproxy[3499892]: worker exit
Apr 20 22:58:19 pve1 pveproxy[1250]: worker 3499892 finished
Apr 20 22:58:19 pve1 pveproxy[1250]: starting 1 worker(s)
Apr 20 22:58:19 pve1 pveproxy[1250]: worker 3663636 started
Apr 20 22:58:31 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:32 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:32 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:58:50 pve1 pveproxy[3663636]: Clearing outdated entries from certificate cache
Apr 20 22:59:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:29 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 22:59:29 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:00:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:01:01 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:01 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:19 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:19 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:46 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:01:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:03:06 pve1 pvedaemon[2344672]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'
Apr 20 23:05:45 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:45 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:45 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:45 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:45 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:46 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:46 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:46 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:05:55 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:06:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:06:09 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:07:54 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:07:54 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:07:55 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:07:55 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:13 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:13 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:14 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:14 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:14 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:29 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:29 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:29 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:35 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:36 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:36 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:36 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:36 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:08:37 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:00 pve1 pveproxy[3655676]: Clearing outdated entries from certificate cache
Apr 20 23:09:52 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:52 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:52 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:52 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:52 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:52 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:53 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:53 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:54 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:09:54 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:10:16 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:16 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:34 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:35 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:35 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:38 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:40 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:10:41 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:04 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:04 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:04 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:05 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:05 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:05 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:09 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:09 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:28 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:33 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:34 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:34 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:34 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:35 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:11:36 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:12:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:40 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:41 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:41 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:12:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:13:06 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:06 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:12 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:13 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:13 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:14 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:14 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:13:16 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:19 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:19 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:19 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:25 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:25 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:42 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:43 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:44 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:48 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:49 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:14:49 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log

Any thoughts?
 
The log entry was so long I had to split it across two posts b/c of the character limits, which goes to show how excessive this seems!

Code:
Apr 20 23:15:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:15:33 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:33 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:33 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:34 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:34 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:35 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:39 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:56 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:56 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:15:57 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:16:02 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:03 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:03 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:03 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:04 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:05 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:14 pve1 pvedaemon[2357524]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'
Apr 20 23:16:59 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:16:59 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:00 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:01 pve1 CRON[3670786]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=0)
Apr 20 23:17:01 pve1 CRON[3670788]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Apr 20 23:17:01 pve1 CRON[3670786]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Apr 20 23:17:17 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:32 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:32 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:32 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:32 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:33 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:33 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:41 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:41 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:59 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:17:59 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:00 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:18:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:08 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:08 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:08 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:09 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:10 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:17 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:17 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:17 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:17 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:18 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:18:18 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:19:01 pve1 cron[1162]: (*system*vzdump) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/vzdump)
Apr 20 23:19:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:19:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:19:43 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:19:43 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:20:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:20:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:20:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:20:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:20:59 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:20:59 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:21:16 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:21:16 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:21:47 pve1 pveproxy[3657443]: Clearing outdated entries from certificate cache
Apr 20 23:22:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:22:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:22:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:22:07 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:23:47 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:05 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:06 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:19 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:20 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:21 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:24:21 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:26:08 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:26:08 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:26:09 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:26:26 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:26:27 pve1 pmxcfs[1023]: [status] notice: received log
Apr 20 23:28:51 pve1 pveproxy[3663636]: Clearing outdated entries from certificate cache
Apr 20 23:31:14 pve1 pvedaemon[2357524]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'