Prober Pools in GTM

I understand you have a Generic host in the DC. Do you not have any other big-ip devices in that DC? Those would what monitors the Generic host.

If not,.. you will still need monitoring from the GTM devices or some bigip platform, that reports to the GTMs. So, a Prober pool would still help you be deterministic in the monitoring of that Generic host, even if coming from a remote dc. That way you have control over which GTM is primary for monitoring.

I think if you get a good understanding of prober pools, you'll be able to find a scenario that works for your environment. The thing to remember is that if you don't define this, the GTMs will automagically. And that can be hard to own operationally, as the monitors can move, and the GTM may not have enough insight to know which device is really best suited to monitor the generic host, so could assign it to one that cannot reach the generic host, even if it is reachable by the client.

Good luck!

David