Getting "Uncompression of a message failed with return code -3" messages for rsyslog.

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Issue

  • Getting following error messages in /var/log/messages file:
 rsyslogd: [ID - syslog.err] Uncompression of a message failed with return code -3 - enable debug logging if you need further information. Message ignored.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Rsyslog

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