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Nimbostratus

Jan 20, 2021

BigIP DNS failover

We have BigIP DNS servers in 2 AWS regions. The DNS zones are synchronized using iQuery and both DNS servers are registered with the domain. In the event of a failure in the primary region we would...

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KeesvandenBos
Jan 20, 2021
Ok, you have to create two wide ip pools. One primairy with the virtual server of the primairy site, one with the DR site virtual server.
Then in the wide ip select both pools with the primairy site at the top, for load balancing use Global availability.
The DNS will return the primairy virtual server, the moment it becomes unavailable the DR virtual server will be returned on a query.

Cheers,

Kees