Frank_Sweetser_
Mar 17, 2009Nimbostratus
Creating pools with mixed services in GTM?
I've gone through the GTM docs, but I still have a question. Assume that I have two LTM instances configured, where each one has a single VIP that services two different TCP ports, such as HTTPS and SIP. Good so far.
Now my problem is, on the same two F5 units, I also have GTM running, so how should I set up the pools? When adding virtual services, I can add the HTTPS and SIP virtual servers separately, but since GTM has no knowledge of what application the DNS request is being sent for, it has no way of knowing which virtual server the client is looking for. The services aren't equivalent, though, so any one virtual host being down should prevent that VIP from being returned, even if the other service is still answering.
So the question is, what's the best recommended practice for setting up GTM in this scenario?