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CirrusChanging the VS IP of DR Site to Production IP
I still don't quite get your environment, do you perhaps a drawing?
You write about a production and disaster recovery IP, are those for virtual servers or self IP addresses of the BIG-IP?
I sort of expect something like this.
There is a production BIG-IP with virtual server with IP address 192.168.10.10. You want that same IP address on the disaster recovery BIG-IP so that if the production BIG-IP fails you can enable it on disaster recovery BIG-IP. For that to work you would have to add the 192.168.10.10 virtual IP on the disaster recovery BIG-IP but disabled and not responding to pings. Then afterwards you can add the rest of the virtual server configuration.
One question I still have is why the setup with a production and disaster recovery BIG-IP? Create a cluster and you have a way better way to handle one system breaking down.
MVPI'm not fully understand the question. Is your DR device a standalone device or a cluster with the production device? If standalone, is it in the same network as the production device?
If you have the same IP on two devices not in a cluster in the same network there will be an IP conflict. If you disable the virtual IP (different from the virtual server) then you can prevent a negative effect, but it remains risky.
Is there a specific reason to built it like this?