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Aug 17, 2016

Implementing session persistence in Active/Active GSLB even when the LDNS changes during the session. How to?

Hi;   Let's say I am using BIG-IP DNS at two data centres to achieve active/active GSLB. For as long as the user's LDNS does not change, there will be data centre persistence based on the IP addre...
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Aug 17, 2016

A Gentleman by the name of Odaah has indicated to me that the name of the pool on both LTM devices in the two data centres can be made the same. This way session persistence can be achieved.

 

Let's say I have two load balanced web servers at each data centre, does that mean that I need to create a pool with the same name on both LTMs with 4 pool members in it? In this case how do I prioritise load balancing between the two members in Data Centre1 over the other two pool members which are the members in Data Centre2.

 

Kindly Wasfi