Bug ID 474166: ConfigSync operation failing with rarely occurring sFlow error

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.4.1 HF6

Opened: Aug 01, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K15840

Symptoms

An sFlow error may occur during config sync or load of a BIG-IP device.

Impact

Config sync or load operation might fail. This occurs rarely. When this occurs, the system posts a message similar to the following: 'Can't save/checkpoint DB object, class:sflow_http_virtual_data_source status:13'

Conditions

Exact conditions are unknown and difficult to reproduce, but some possible conditions include config sync or load operations following delete/create of a virtual server or profiles (either directly or by deleting/creating an iApp), sync following failover,

Workaround

Force the mcpd process to reload the BIG-IP configuration. For more information, see K13030, Forcing the mcpd process to reload the BIG-IP configuration, available here: Link: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13030.

Fix Information

The ConfigSync operation completes successfully, and the sFlow error no longer occurs.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips