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Andy_Herrman_22
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Jun 21, 2006

Problem with persistence

I have a setup with a BIG-IP load balancer with 2 servers in a pool being load balanced. The URI that the user is connecting with contains a query parameter that is used for the persistence value. A...
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Andy_Herrman_22
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Jun 21, 2006
The persistence value isn't generated in a response. The persistence value is part of all connections to the server, including the very first one.

Also, you're saying the timeout for the persistence value is a timeout on when it was added? I thought it was a timeout on when it was last accessed, so just doing the 
persist uie $uid
should restart it.

Not sure about the applying to virtual vs persistence profile. I believe it's applied to the profile, but I'm not sure (I'm not the one doing the configuration, just the one writing the iRules).