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aar_ucl_299416
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Apr 04, 2017

Traffic-Group Failover with IControl REST API

I am trying to use iControl REST api to failover my F5 LAB devices. This is a very small part of a bigger project.   Version: 12.1.0 Appliance/License: F5 Lab/Ve   Problem description:   ...
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tatmotiv
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Apr 04, 2017

I am experiencing the same behaviour with 12.1.2. When trying to issue a failover for a traffic-group using the same method as you tried above, I also see nothing happen. The same script is working with devices running 11.6.0. One hint though: when triggering this through iCR, I see the request in /var/log/restjavad-audit.0.log (and also the 200 response), and I also an according "go standby" command for the affected traffic-group being logged in /var/log/ltm:

Apr  4 13:10:17 slot1/lb-LBTEST-rz3 notice sod[6579]: 010c0044:5: Command:  go standby /Common/TG997-Test1 tmsh.

So, obviously, the REST call is OK and is even triggering something on the box, but the "go standby" command is not processed properly. I suppose this to be a bug.

Maybe we should file a support case for that...

HTH Martin