will this irule work?

I think this rule should work, though I'd make a couple tweaks.

when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    switch -glob -- [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
        "*/admin*"} {
             HTTP::host should be fine as long as you're using the default port. If you use a different port than default, you'll need to parse the host.
             If you know you're already on HTTPS, you could just use "/someother/index" too
            HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/someother/index" 
            return                
        } 
        "*/someother/index*" {
            pool MY-ADMIN-POOL 
        }
        default {
            pool MY-OTHER-POOL
        }
    }
}

Actually its not a http > https redirect, its a http only..

Thats a typo

when HTTP_REQUEST { if {[HTTP::uri] contains "/admin"} {HTTP::redirect "http://[getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1]/someother/index" } if {[HTTP::uri] contains "/someother/index"} pool MY-ADMIN-POOL } else {pool MY-OTHER-POOL} }

In that case, this might work

when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    switch -glob -- [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
        "*/admin*"} {
            HTTP::redirect "/someother/index" 
            return                
        } 
        "*/someother/index*" {
            pool MY-ADMIN-POOL 
        }
        default {
            pool MY-OTHER-POOL
        }
    }
}

its the one further up in this question..

when HTTP_REQUEST { switch -glob -- [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] { "/admin"} { HTTP::redirect "/hawtio/index" return

try this. Noticed I had an extra } in the one above. Sorry about that...

when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    log local0. "URI: [HTTP::uri]"
    switch -glob -- [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] { 
        "/admin*" { 
            log local0. "  Redirect to /hawtio/index"
            HTTP::redirect "/hawtio/index"
            return
        } 
        "/hawtio/index*" { 
            log local0. "  Set pool to MY-ADMIN-POOL"
            pool MY-ADMIN-POOL 
        } 
        default { 
            log local0. "  Set pool to MY-OTHER-POOL"
            pool MY-OTHER-POOL 
        } 
    }
}
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
    log local0. "  Response code: [HTTP::status]"
}

Hi.. no need to apologise.. i just wish the F5 would tell me what the issue is in English..

Anyway it took the the irule commands ok but when it redirects to the "/hawtio/index" its giving me a 404.. (not found)

The servers in the "ADMIN" pool are listening on a different port [8181] for that website so the redirect is forcing back to the Virtual server which i guess cant serve the page from that pool.

afraid not..

If i hit the servers directly via IP address the site is working fine.. but I need to :8181 to produce the page..

10.10.10.10:8181/hawito/index

I am wondering if the Virtual server could ever produce the page unless its the default pool ?

Theres no https in this at all ..

looks like its dropping through to the correct pool to me ?

Thu Jan 15 20:22:30 GMT 2015 info lb101 tmm3[9968] Rule /Common/L7-CONTENT-Irule : URI: /admin Thu Jan 15 20:22:30 GMT 2015 info lb101 tmm3[9968] Rule /Common/L7-CONTENT-Irule : Redirect to /hawtio/index Thu Jan 15 20:22:30 GMT 2015 info lb101 tmm3[9968] Rule /Common/L7-CONTENT-Irule : URI: /hawtio/index Thu Jan 15 20:22:30 GMT 2015 info lb101 tmm3[9968] Rule /Common/L7-CONTENT-Irule : Set pool to MY-ADMIN-POOL

sorry found this bit on the next page..

Thu Jan 15 20:22:30 GMT 2015 info tmm3[9968] Rule /Common/-L7-CONTENT-Irule : Response code: 404