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Karthik_Kumaran's avatar
Karthik_Kumaran
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Aug 07, 2014

Perl script to enable/diable node from a pool

I have a Big-IP LTM running 11.4.1. i want one of my web server in a Pool be able to use a Perl script to talk to the LTM to enable/disable a node from the pool. i found this -> https://devcentral.f5...
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mimlo_61970's avatar
mimlo_61970
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Aug 19, 2014

Another option would be to use the receive disable string in the health monitor. If the webserver can automatically change the healthcheck response at a scheduled time before it reboots, the LTM will automically stop sending new connections there until the regular receive string is received again.

 

See http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/800/sol12818.html?sr=39689197