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Petersim_Simons
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Nov 02, 2004

iControl Class and Statistic - Clarify information obtained

 

Can you please provide insight into the information the following iControl class ITCMLocalLBVirtualServer with the get_statistics() provides? I am looking to understand if the stats are snapshot or history. The specific parameters I get back from the query

 

 

"Packets_In"

 

 

"Bits_In"

 

 

"Packets_Out"

 

 

"Bits_Out"

 

 

"Current_Connections"

 

 

"Maximum_Connections",

 

 

"Total_Connections"

 

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  • Loc_Pham_101863's avatar
    Loc_Pham_101863
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    Nov 02, 2004

    These are snap-shot statistics for the virtual server in question:

     

     

    Packets In: The total number of incoming packets through this virtual server.

     

    Packets Out: The total number of outgoing packets through this virtual server.

     

    Bits In: The total number of incoming data bits through this virtual server.

     

    Bits Out: The total number of outgoing data bits through this virtual server.

     

    Current Connections: The current number of connections established with this virtual server.

     

    Maximum Connections: The high water mark number of concurrent connections with this virtual server.

     

    Total Connections: The running total number of connections with this virtual server.

     

     

    Hope this helps.

     

     

    Loc

     

  • Petersim_Simons's avatar
    Petersim_Simons
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    Nov 02, 2004
    Are there any iControl calls for historical stats per VIP, Pool or Node? Looking for such as 30days, 60days or 90days stats. What approach would I take to obtain this?
  • Loc_Pham_101863's avatar
    Loc_Pham_101863
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    Nov 02, 2004

    BIG-IP doesn't keep historical stats, but to make it easier for client apps to do statistic trending and analysis, we've added support to timestamp statistics so that the client apps can take snapshot stats over different time intervals. For example, here are some of the methods that support statistics with timestamps:

     

     

    ITCMLocalLB::VirtualServer::get[_all]_virtual_server_statistics_ts

     

    ITCMLocalLB::Pool::get[_all]_pool_statistics_ts

     

    ITCMLocalLB::Node::get[_all]_node_address_statistics_ts

     

    ITCMLocalLB::Node::get[_all]_node_server_statistics_ts

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Loc