Persistence mirroring with irules

Will the record persist, in case you change the hostname? Another persistence record should be created, imho.

yes

active:

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) show ltm persistence persist-records all-properties
Sys::Persistent Connections
source-address - 172.28.20.111:80 - 200.200.200.101:80
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  TMM           1
  Mode          source-address
  Value         172.28.20.17
  Age (sec.)    3
  Virtual Name  /Common/bar
  Virtual Addr  172.28.20.111:80
  Node Addr     200.200.200.101:80
  Pool Name     /Common/foo
  Client Addr   172.28.20.17
  Owner entry

source-address - 172.28.20.111:80 - 200.200.200.111:80
------------------------------------------------------
  TMM           1
  Mode          source-address
  Value         172.28.20.17
  Age (sec.)    1266
  Virtual Name  /Common/bar
  Virtual Addr  172.28.20.111:80
  Node Addr     200.200.200.111:80
  Pool Name     /Common/qux
  Client Addr   172.28.20.17
  Owner entry

Total records returned: 2

standby:

root@(ve11b)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos) show ltm persistence persist-records all-properties
Sys::Persistent Connections
source-address - 172.28.20.111:80 - 200.200.200.101:80
------------------------------------------------------
  TMM           1
  Mode          source-address
  Value         172.28.20.17
  Age (sec.)    0
  Virtual Name  /Common/bar
  Virtual Addr  172.28.20.111:80
  Node Addr     200.200.200.101:80
  Pool Name     /Common/foo
  Client Addr   172.28.20.17
  Owner entry

source-address - 172.28.20.111:80 - 200.200.200.111:80
------------------------------------------------------
  TMM           1
  Mode          source-address
  Value         172.28.20.17
  Age (sec.)    0
  Virtual Name  /Common/bar
  Virtual Addr  172.28.20.111:80
  Node Addr     200.200.200.111:80
  Pool Name     /Common/qux
  Client Addr   172.28.20.17
  Owner entry

Total records returned: 2