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smp_86112
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Sep 04, 2012

How many LTM objects do you have to manage?

I am curious to find out how large our LTM environment is compared to others. We have six LTM pairs, and several of them have what I suspect is an outrageously-large number of objects. Our configurat...
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Michael_Yates
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Sep 05, 2012
ENVVIPsPools

 

1286211

 

2984970

 

3302214

 

4541558

 

54299

 

65067

 

 

Naming Standards:

 

vip.(2 Letter Location Code).(Environment - DEV, INT, UAT, CAP, PRD).(Application FQDN).(Service Name - HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)

 

pool.(2 Letter Location Code).(Environment - DEV, INT, UAT, CAP, PRD).(Application FQDN).(Service Port - 80, 443, etc.)

 

 

The naming conventions vary slightly between VIP and Pool, but still allows us to specify what belongs to what quickly. Having the Application FQDN included into the VIP and Pool Names also helps us to quickly filter or narrow down what we are specifically looking for when it comes to a specific application.

 

 

The methodology has worked extremely well for us.