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Kai_Wilke
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Feb 15, 2016

Reliability of [after -periodic]?

Hi Folks, I would like to implement an out-of-band management task using the [after $time -periodic { script }] command. I've already used this command in the past for some shortliving and a...
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Vernon_97235
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Feb 16, 2016

For that, you must use an iRule. iCall has no access to that information.

 

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    Kai_Wilke
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    Feb 16, 2016
    Haven't played much with iCall yet, so i'm glad with this... ;-) Are you able to provide additional infomation/experiences on the relaibility and overhead of a longterm -periodic task? I have to make the decission to use the outlined syntax or continiue to hide the code into a rarely used in-band code path. Any input on this would be much appreciated^^ Cheers, Kai
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    Vernon_97235
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    Feb 16, 2016
    I do not, I'm afraid. In general, your best bet is to open an informational case to ask about overhead related to long-term periodic tasks.
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    Kai_Wilke
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    Feb 20, 2016
    Hi Vernon, didn't opened a ticket yet. But its seems to run very stable. Cheers, Kai