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Ganesh_Ramamoor's avatar
Ganesh_Ramamoor
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Dec 11, 2005

disabling a member

I'm looking for a way to disable a member (and close all the existing connections to the server) as soon as a problem is detected on a server machine, so that none of the subsequent requests - even fr...
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drteeth_127330
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Dec 12, 2005
At present, pool member status cannot be changed from an iRule. However, this feature is scheduled for an upcoming release.

 

 

If the service check does not provide sufficient resolution, then you might try writing an iControl application to force the pool member down. bigpipe would work as well. To close the existing connections, you need to set the "action on svcdown" attribute on the pool to reset. Good luck!