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James_Anderson
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Nov 12, 2025

Cannot automatically add the LTM virtual server to DNS

Hi Team,   I'm having an issue while configuring GTM. DNS is able to connect to the BIG-IP LTM, but it cannot automatically add the LTM virtual servers to DNS. I checked the iqdump, and it does con...
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James_Anderson
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Nov 12, 2025

Hi,

 

Checking the iqdump shows that TCP port 4353 is allowed between the BIG-IP DNS system and the target BIG-IP systems. There is no router or firewall between the DNS and the LTM, so there is no network address translation involved. I have already enabled these features, but I still don't see any VS entries in the GUI.

Configure global auto-discoveryConfigure virtual server auto-discoveryConfigure link auto-discovery

 

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F5_Design_Engineer
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Nov 19, 2025

James_Anderson​ 

Have you created a LTM entry in GTM here

DNS → GSLB → Servers

 

Check the virtual server

 

tmsh show gtm server <server-name> virtual-servers