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NimbostratusHow do I test my IIS failover
I have set an IIS load balance up using iApp. The problem is I don't know what to look for or how to test it. When I set up the virtual IP for the server I used an IP for our test site from iis (i.e. www.mark.com has an IP of 172.1.1.1). I put the IP address in the virtual server part and put the IIS members under that in a pool. How do I see if my traffic is coming in and if load balancing is actually working? Sorry i'm new at this. I can't find anything as of yet on F5 how to actually test this. If no one has any answers can someone point me to a community that may help me with this? Thanks.
The health monitor connections are not included with the pool and virtual server statistics. Your pool will have a "green" status when the health monitor is working correctly. A list of health monitor statuses can be found here. A member will take connections once marked as healthy, and for simple configurations, at least one member needs to be marked as health for the virtual server to take connections. What error do you see when you browse to your test site? Another useful tool on the big-ip is tcpdump; try a simple capture like "tcpdump -i 0.0 port 80 and host " to verify web requests are making it to your virtual server address.
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Check out the statistics section for your virtual server and pools. It will show you connection statistics, requests, etc.
gossett_151899if i'm not seeing traffic in my pools could that be from an incorrectly configured health monitor? Like if http is used instead of https?
The health monitor connections are not included with the pool and virtual server statistics. Your pool will have a "green" status when the health monitor is working correctly. A list of health monitor statuses can be found here. A member will take connections once marked as healthy, and for simple configurations, at least one member needs to be marked as health for the virtual server to take connections. What error do you see when you browse to your test site? Another useful tool on the big-ip is tcpdump; try a simple capture like "tcpdump -i 0.0 port 80 and host " to verify web requests are making it to your virtual server address.
- gossett_151899Thanks for all of your help Greg!
