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CirrostratusBIG-IP DNS: Check Status Of Multiple Monitors Against Pool Member
CirrostratusThank you for your response F5_Design_Engineer; I appreciate it! Sadly, it seems the system is limited in it's response.
The typical output of "tmsh show gtm pool a %MY_POOL% members detail" only shows a simple up/down status with a reason of one monitor. What I'm looking for is to track the status of MULTIPLE independent monitors against a Pool member, when the monitor is configured as a "min 1 of" several monitors.
The use case would be to be able to test a new monitor against a pool in parallel with what exists in production, all the while not impacting production with the test. As I mentioned, the LTM platform allows you to do this by running a tmsh show against a specific monitor, but in gtm it appears this is not an option.
I hope that helps to explain it better, and I really appreciate your assistance!
-C
NimbostratusHello Cory_O,
did you ever find away to show the individual monitor status when using F5 DNS? I have the same issue.
- Cory_O
Hi RemcoA!
Sadly, no. I couldn't find a holistic way to individually validate multiple Monitors against members within a single Pool.
The workaround that I've resorted to is essentially standing up one or more temporary Pool object(s) in parallel where I could assign the other Monitor(s). I configure it identically to the original Pool, but with the new Monitor, then I verify status. If all shows clean and green, I apply the new Monitor to the original Pool and delete the temporary Pool and original Monitor. This use case can also be left in place for the long term if you suspect a specific Monitor is marking something down. All you'd have to do is check the Pool with the suspect Monitor.
It's certainly not a perfect solution, but it works! HTH
-C
