Bug ID 1044873: Deleted GTM link is not removed from virtual server object and causes load failure.

Last Modified: Mar 15, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP DNS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2

Opened: Sep 06, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The configuration fails to load with an error: 01070712:3: Values (/Common/Link_to_delete) specified for Virtual Server (/Common/vs1 /Common/HTTPP): foreign key index (explicit_link_FK) do not point at an item that exists in the database. Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.

Impact

GTM config fails to load or config sync.

Conditions

-- Create GTM link -- Assign specific link to any virtual server object -- Delete link object -- Run tmsh load sys config gtm-only (or create a sync group and the sync will fail)

Workaround

Remove any assigned virtual servers from the link prior to deleting it.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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