Bug ID 523434: mcpd on secondary blades will restart with an error message about a sflow_http_virtual_data_source object

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 hf1, 11.5.1 hf2, 11.5.1 hf3, 11.5.1 hf4, 11.5.1 hf5, 11.5.1 hf6, 11.5.1 hf7, 11.5.1 hf8, 11.5.1 hf9, 11.5.1 hf10, 11.5.1 hf11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 hf1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.5.4

Opened: May 14, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K85242410

Symptoms

mcpd on secondary blades may restart and log an error of the following form: 01070734:3: Configuration error: Configuration from primary failed validation: 01070734:3: Configuration error: DB validation exception, unique constraint violation on table (sflow_http_virtual_data_source) object ID (44). A duplicate value was received for a non-primary key unique index field. DB exception text (Cannot update_indexes/checkpoint DB object, class:sflow_http_virtual_data_source status:13)... failed validation with error 17237812.

Impact

All services on an affected blade restart.

Conditions

The exact conditions under which this occurs are not well understood. The immediately triggering event is a change in the cluster's primary blade.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

mcpd on secondary blades may restart and log an sflow_http_virtual_data_source error after a change in the cluster's primary blade.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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