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luevelvet
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Oct 27, 2020

GTM Continues to Resolve (Generic Host) IP's From Pools That Are Down

Hello All!   I have a strange situation and I'm sure we're simply missing something simple here.   The initial goal: Configure a WIP for a smtp FQDN with a PROD and DR pool behind it where ...
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cjunior's avatar
cjunior
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Oct 28, 2020

Hi, 

I understand you have defined the "Global Availability" method in WideIP level, 

so I understand that PROD pool is trying to do a "Fallback" once it has no members available.

This fallback option is usually defined as "Return to DNS" by default.

Try to change this to "None" in this PROD pool and let us know if it works as expected.

Kind Regards.