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Gill_32697
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Jan 13, 2014

idle timouts for the sessions

I've setup a vip with two pool members all set to (*) all ports. This is for some AS400 applications. Seems to be working except that admin wants no idle timouts for the session. My questions is can ...
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    IheartF5_45022
    Jan 14, 2014

    A few options to consider;

     

    • Keep the idle timeout and request the clients to enable TCP keep-alives either via their TN5250 client or the OS (this would be my recommendation).
    • Remove the idle timeout, set a connection limit on the virtual in question, and run a regular maintenance job that clears the sessions.
    • Set a very long idle timeout of 4 days or more.
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IheartF5_45022
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Jan 14, 2014

A few options to consider;

 

  • Keep the idle timeout and request the clients to enable TCP keep-alives either via their TN5250 client or the OS (this would be my recommendation).
  • Remove the idle timeout, set a connection limit on the virtual in question, and run a regular maintenance job that clears the sessions.
  • Set a very long idle timeout of 4 days or more.