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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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VernonWells
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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