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js55161_47239
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Apr 28, 2010

LTM Healthcheck alert

Can anyone advise of how to generate an email alert when a health check fails. We need to know when the BIG-IP start not servicing connection requests.

 

 

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  • Cspillane_18296's avatar
    Cspillane_18296
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    Apr 28, 2010
    Hello there,

     

     

    take a look at:

     

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/600/sol3667.html

     

     

    it links to several other articles that are also needed in order to set this up.

     

     

    Also you may want to look at: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/100/sol7165.html - testing snmp traps and email alerts.

     

     

    I hope this helps.

     

     

    Chris.
  • DeVon_Jarvis's avatar
    DeVon_Jarvis
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    May 04, 2010
    Another method, and one that we use, is to setup the LTM's to use a remote syslog. Here are the notes:

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/5000/500/sol5527.html

     

     

    Then you can use a tool like Nagios to watch the log on the remote syslog server, and generate alerts based the syslog. This was more convenient for us as the config sticks across upgrades. I always dislike having to setup these things over and over.

     

     

    Of course, there are several ways, each with advantages and dis-advantages...

     

     

    DeVon