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avengers_140079's avatar
avengers_140079
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Dec 17, 2013

question about LTM and virtual servers..

how do i configure a virtual server to be down when the pool is not available?   right now i have a virtual server that is "offline (enabled) the children pool members are down." but the Big IP is...
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Matt_Dierick's avatar
Matt_Dierick
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Dec 18, 2013

I would say a small irule rejecting connections when all members are down.

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
if {[active_members [LB::server pool]] < 1} {   
reject
}
}

But, for my understand, it is the default behavior. Your VS should reject the connection when pool are down.