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Mar 06, 2014
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BIG-IP awareness of VM vmotion from one DC to the other

Hi,   We have twin DCs active/active and I would like to know if BIG-IP WOM on 2 LTM BIG-IP load balancers (each load balancer in each DC), could be aware that a VM has moved from one DC to the ot...
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Nojan_Moshiri_4
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Mar 06, 2014

Yes, the BIG-IP will be aware of the shift if you are using EtherIP. You have to keep in mind already established connections versus new connections coming in. First established connections the user of EtherIP would keep them connected, while GTM or some other solution would start sending traffic to the new datacenter. Using EtherIP + Virtual Location Monitor will solve this exact problem for you. This is all outlined the vMotion deployment guide here: http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-vmotion-flexcache-dg.pdf

 

It is complicated, but certainly possible if your business case needs this.