Hello,
I have a problem with the following configuration of a sticky serverfarm with a backup serverfarm
(this setup is ofcourse used only for failover purposes, not loadbalancing):
probe tcp tcp-8888-probe
port 8888
interval 5
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 3
passdetect count 1
rserver host rsrv1
ip address 10.1.2.10
inservice
rserver host rsrv2
ip address 10.1.2.11
inservice
serverfarm host rfarm-primary
predictor leastconns
probe tcp-8888-probe
rserver rsrv1 8888
inservice
serverfarm host rfarm-backup
predictor leastconns
probe tcp-8888-probe
rserver rsrv2 8888
inservice
sticky http-cookie RFARM-COOKIE sticky-rfarm-1
cookie insert browser-expire
serverfarm rfarm-primary backup rfarm-backup
etc....
The problem is that every time probe state changes (from SUCCESS to FAIL or otherwise), the tcp-8888-probe on the server that changed
the state of service, goes into INVALID state:
#show probe tcp-8888-probe detail
probe : tcp-8888-probe
type : TCP
state : ACTIVE
description :
----------------------------------------------
port : 8888 address : 0.0.0.0 addr type : -
interval : 5 pass intvl : 3 pass count : 1
fail count: 2 recv timeout: 10
conn termination : GRACEFUL
expect offset : 0 , open timeout : 10
expect regex : -
send data : -
--------------------- probe results --------------------
probe association probed-address probes failed passed health
------------------- ---------------+----------+----------+----------+-------
serverfarm : rfarm-backup
real : rsrv2[8888]
10.1.2.11 291 0 291 SUCCESS
Socket state : CLOSED
No. Passed states : 1 No. Failed states : 0
No. Probes skipped : 0 Last status code : 0
No. Out of Sockets : 0 No. Internal error: 0
Last disconnect err : -
Last probe time : Thu Jun 17 22:12:31 2010
Last fail time : Never
Last active time : Thu Jun 17 21:48:21 2010
serverfarm : rfarm-primary
real : rsrv1[8888]
10.1.2.10 0 0 0 INVALID
Socket state : CLOSED
No. Passed states : 0 No. Failed states : 0
No. Probes skipped : 0 Last status code : 0
No. Out of Sockets : 0 No. Internal error: 0
Last disconnect err : -
Last probe time : Never
Last fail time : Never
Last active time : Never
I have managed to get the probe into FAIL state again for a moment by removing it from serverfarm, and then reapplying, but in a few seconds it goes again from FAIL to INVAILD state, and stays in this state regardless of avaliability of probed TCP port. Only when i'm reapplying it when the port is avaliable/up, it can stay in SUCCESS state, and work till the failure of service, when INVALID state reappears.
What can be the cause of such behavior ?
thanks,
WM
