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Fallout1984
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Jan 29, 2018

VCMP guest deployed, but does not appear under VCMP guest status

I have a pair of 7200s running active/active, with four vcmp guests each that run active/standby between them. I noticed that one of the vcmp guests doesn't show up under "guest status," the same gue...
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Fallout1984
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Feb 01, 2018

It turns out this is expected behavior for pre-11.6.0 guests. The F5 engineer's response is below...

 

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vmchannel for host <--> guest communication was only introduced in 11.6.0

 

So there's no way to see health info for their 11.5.4 guests.

 

from 11.6.0 release notes: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnote-ltm-11-6-0.html

 

vCMP guest data visible from host This version provides a summary of vCMP guest data from within the vCMP host. This data facilitates access to the current state of each guest. The BIG-IP Configuration utility shows the current active software image, the provisioned modules, and HA status. You can access each guest for additional information, such as Installed Images and Available Images, and other Resource Provisioned information such as License Status, Required Disk and Required Memory. The Guest name link opens the guest's Properties tab. The HA Status shows a Failed link when there is an HA Status failure. The link opens the guest's HA Status tab.

 

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Case closed... Thanks for responding!