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ejknight_293275
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusMarking a pool member down and drain connection by looking for a file
I have a need to set up the following process:
1- Have LTM look for a specific file on a server
2- If that file is not present the following should happen-
1. Server be taken out of the rota...
I_R_101_110
Cirrus
CirrusYou are likely looking for the built in LTM SMB monitor.
There are also LTM external monitors in which you can use your own custom scripted tools (curl/ftp/API calls) to verify file existence.
As for the action to take upon the chosen monitors failure - this is handled by the action on down setting on the pool described in the below white paper. I believe the default behavior of none will suit your purposes but take a look:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15095
