Re: BigIP LTM Default persistence failing

On 2 May 2010, at 23:08, [email protected] wrote:

> I wonder why they didn't recommend going to 10.1 instead of 9.4.8...if you're planning upgrade anyways, I'd recommend asking the tech about going to 10.1
> 
> 


9.4.8 is a GS (General Sustainability) version. ie. it's stable, and updates are only to fix bugs.
10.1 (And 10.0) are GA versions (General Availability). They have updates to add features and fix bugs. 

Because of the 'Add Features' feature of GA versions you'll find new bugs introduced at times. So it's not generally recommended to run GA versions in production unless you actually need to. (i.e. there might be some gee wiz feature you need etc).

H


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Blackford [[email protected]]
> Sent: 05/02/2010 02:15 PM MST
> To: Load Balancing Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [load balancing] BigIP LTM Default persistence failing
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you. What you're stating is exactly what I'm experiencing. BTW,
> the code upgrade was a suggestion to get us up to a more current
> version. I think it may have been an assumption of the TAC tech that
> an upgrade may fix the "cosmetic" problem. I'm hearing that what I'm
> expecting to see in the stats, may not exist or may not be added as a
> feature request. I'm still waiting to hear back.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> -b
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:47 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have the same issue with cookie persistence users not showing up in stats
>> view. I would assume this was by design since cookie persistence doesn't
>> maintain a state on the Big-IP. I know you can't mirror cookie persistence
>> and it wouldn't be necessary to do so, hence; there isn't a "cookie
>> persistence table" and likely why there isn't anything in stats view. I
>> don't see how upgrading will help here and don't understand why they advised
>> you too.
>> 
>> [email protected] wrote: -----
>> 
>> To: Load Balancing Mailing List <[email protected]>
>> From: Bill Blackford <[email protected]>
>> Sent by: [email protected]
>> Date: 05/02/2010 02:49PM
>> Subject: Re: [load balancing] BigIP LTM Default persistence failing
>> 
>> Opened a Support Case. My issue appears to be a cosmetic only issue
>> with the GUI. The behavior I'm seeing is showing what appears to be
>> proper affinity. In fact, when I disable the fallback persistence of
>> [source address] then make a connection, I see nothing in the
>> statistics view but I do seem my session stuck to one node. TAC
>> recommends going to 9.48.
>> 
>> thanks to all. I'm confident that F5 TAC nailed the issue.
>> 
>> -b
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Tony Bourke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Bill,
>>> 
>>> Check the date on the BIG-IP.  Sometimes if you have the date set wrong,
>>> the
>>> cookie expires in the past, so your browsers never send the cookies.
>>> 
>>> Also, load up HTTPfox (or other browser plug-in) and see if you can see
>>> the
>>> cookies generated by the F5.  You can also check the date the cookies are
>>> set to expire (if they're not session cookies).
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/2/2010 10:39 AM, Bill Blackford wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Issue: BigIP LTM only using fallback persistence
>>>> Unit: 1600
>>>> Ver: 9.45
>>>> 
>>>> I have a VIP set to use default persistence as Cookie and fall back to
>>>> use source address. Cookie method is 'HTTP Cookie Insert'
>>>> Statistics are showing the persistence mode of Source Address Affinity
>>>> only.
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> 
>>>> -b
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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