GTM Probes in multi-site DMZ environment
Is it possible to get each GTM to send its own probes and not delegate to other big3d processes running on other devices?
In the past we have used GSLB probes from the DMZ in Datacenter A to validate that the entire path (routing,firewall rules, and server) were available (see below).
DCA DCB
GTMA -> Internet -> FWB -> LTMB -> VIPB:80
So essentially you would end up doing the same thing from GTMB but it would be much simpler.
DCB
GTMB -> LTMB -> VIPB:80
We have discovered firewall and routing issues in the past by utilizing this dual probe approach. Seems like the GTM doesn't support this since it delegates probes to a device in the same DC as the VIP being probed.
Is that true or is there some way to accomplish this?
The goal would be to utilize iquery or the bigip monitor for each LTM but also to have a port 80 check from each GTM to each VIP. Thus allowing a VIP to be up for GTMA and not GTMB due to the difference in the path.