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Ryan_80308
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Jun 17, 2008

/var/log/ltm spew after forced failover

Hi all, I have a pair of BIG-IP LTM 1500's in active/standby. I just forced the active unit into standby to perform maint. on it, and now the newly "promoted" unit is spewing log entries ...
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hoolio
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Jun 18, 2008
The error indicates the two units cannot establish a TCP connection with each other using the failover IP addresses. If one unit is still staying standby, I'd guess you're using serial cable failover. Try checking SOL6065 for a fix:

 

 

SOL6065: Error message: HA Connection with peer lost

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/000/sol6065.html

 

 

Aaron