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jasonstielow_24
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Apr 28, 2017

Can you config sync LTM appliance to LTM VM

We have a production Big IP 5250 and would like to join them to our virtual LTM's in or DR location. Is this possible to join them for config sync purposes. We would like it so our production chang...
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Amine_Kadimi
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Apr 28, 2017

Starting from TMOS 11.5.0, you can have a cluster between VE and hardware Big-IP assuming they run the same version.

 

As a side note, if you configure a sync-failover cluster spread among multiple locations, the latency between locations must stay low (under 100ms) or you may encounter unwanted failovers, or unwanted Active-Active state. As an alternative, you can configure a sync-only cluster or if your DR plan allows that, you can force your DR devices offline and only turn them online in DR situations.