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Tim_Armstrong_9
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Jul 26, 2012

iRule for monitoring back-end server

Hello All,     Is there any iRule that can monitor the back-end server so if the back-end server is busy or dies, the pool member will be marked down?       So whenever back-end server i...
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Hamish
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Jul 26, 2012
Well... Normally you'd use a monitor for this. But if you really really want an iRule to be intelligent enough (Or require the response time of a check NOW rather than the monitor timeout), you could craft the check yourself using a SIDEBAND connection.

 

 

Or you could trap the LB_FAILED event and reselect a new member and re-issue the request...

 

 

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