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tbw_90635
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May 07, 2007

Naming Restriction

In the LTM doc, I see a common naming restrictions for the following:

 

1. pool names

 

2. node names

 

3. SNAT names

 

4. rate class names

 

 

The naming restriction is defined as case-sensitive, containing only letters, numbers and (_)underscore. Reserved keywords are not allowed.

 

 

Does the same restriction apply for other names?

 

(i.e. Virtual Server name, iRule names)

 

 

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  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    May 08, 2007
    I'll have to verify this next time I'm in the office, but it's my understanding that the naming restrictions are common across all user-defined named objects.

     

     

    -Joe
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    tbw_90635
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    May 08, 2007
    Joe, I sure hope that is the situation. I did the following test and found a bit of a discontinuity in the naming.

     

     

    Using your jsp admin GUI, I attempted to create a virtual server name containing an ampersand (&). The response was as follows:

     

    01070088:3: The requested object name (test&test) is invalid.

     

     

    Next I tried a virtual server name containing a greater than (>) character. The response was as follows:

     

    (!) Bad Characters. Only the following special characters are allowed: period, asterisk, foward slash, dash, colon, underscore, question mark, equals, at sign, comma, ampersand and space.*/-:_?=@,

     

     

    This error message indicates an ampersand is OK, however, the previous test shows it fails.

     

    Thanks for any help you can provide to clear this up.

     

    Tim