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# sk107580 - Online IPS Update fails with "Internal Error: Failed to update Database object" 

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk107580 |
| Date Created | 2015-09-05 |
| Last Modified | 2025-11-23 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R82, R81.20, R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |

## Symptoms

- * Online Update using IPS Update Service fails in SmartConsole:  
  `Internal Error: Failed to update Database object '{...}'. `  
  `
  Extended Database error message: 'Validation error in field 'definition' at object 'XYZ_sig' @ 'IPS Signatures' --> Validation error in field 'operands' of element #3 --> Validation error in field 'contexts' of element #2 --> The referenced object 'ABC' from table 'ips_contexts' does not exist in the database'. Object contain invalid reference.`  
  `
  Internal Error: Failed to perform action 'override' on 'XYZ_sig' at 'ips_signatures:' in file 'ips_signature.C'.`
* Reassignment of Global IPS policy to the problematic Domain Management Server fails.
* The `cpm.elg `file can show  

  `[DATE TIME,PID] INFO management.threat.IpsUpdateManager [qtp27268602-27461]: IpsUpdateSvc:sendIpsUpdateMessage - Received message from IpsUpdate: Download succeeded. IPS Update in progress..., state: DOWNLOAD_SUCCEEDED`  

  `[DATE TIME,PID] INFO management.threat.IpsUpdateManager [qtp27268602-27582]: IpsUpdateSvc:sendIpsUpdateMessage - Received message from IpsUpdate: Failed to update IPS database., state: UPDATE_FAILED`  

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* `cpm.elg` also shows:   

  `[DATE TIME,PID] ERROR threat.ipsDeploymentAgent.IpsDeploymentAgent [taskExecutor-85]:`  
  `Failed to perform deployment java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to deserialize object 'CVE_2016_4657_ext'`  
  `of class com.checkpoint.objects.ips_classes.dummy.CpmiDynSignatureActivationExtension. set: . Error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: com.checkpoint.management.coresvc.ObjectNotFoundException:`  
  `Object not found - ips_signatures:CVE_2016_4657_2362698_sig`

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## Cause

The file that stores the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) files for IPS updates got corrupted - *$FWDIR/conf/SMC_Files/asm/crc_marker_db.fws*.

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