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tatmotiv
Jun 12, 2017Cirrostratus
Are you using a DHCP type virtual for this or a regular virtual? If you are using a DHCP type virtual, the load balancing method set for the according pool is ignored by the Big IP, and all DHCP requests are always forwarded to all members simultaneously. AFAIK, this behaviour cannot be avoided. In case you are using a regular virtual with a pool of servers being bound to it, you might try using priority group activation, configuring your standby server with a lower priority than your primary server, and setting minimum-active-members to one. Of course, this will work only with a proper health check for your DHCP servers...
Regards Martin