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EricTTEC
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Dec 10, 2019

Create/Repeat Alert When A Pool or Node is Down

I know that when there is a status change in a node or pool, an entry is made to the syslog. I have been asked if there is a way to repeat a message of a down condition periodically, say once every f...
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    jaikumar_f5
    Dec 11, 2019

    I think an external monitor would be the good solution for this. You have to write your script along with some logger, so that it constantly throws logs about the status. But it will flood your log file for x intervals.

     

    On good note, put the logging only for down state, for Up - do not put the logger.

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2_Jennifer
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he issue has been that after the patching, the servers in question have had issues coming back fully operational. The monitor I have on these is a SIP monitor. We are trying to see if there is a way for the F5 to periodically report the down condition. telldunkin survey

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jaikumar_f5
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Dec 12, 2019

Go with external monitor. That should do the work.