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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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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Dec 18, 2013

The first event that you can trigger on, CLIENT_ACCEPTED, happens AFTER a successful 3-way handshake. If you simply want the VIP to not be able to complete this handshake, then you need to disable the VIP. It's certainly not a "best practice" sort of thing, but you could use a user_alert.conf script config or iCall in 11.4 to "message" the management plane from the data plane to disable the VIP if the pool members are down.