CSS keepalives for Oracle forms server

[savyer]

I'm trying to set up load balancing for oracle forms server and having issues with finding working keepalive method.

If I use uri keepalive, Oracle forms server crashes within a couple of minuites. TCP doesn't work either

service Ora-forms:9000

ip address 192.168.0.34

port 9000

keepalive type http

keepalive uri "/alive.gif"

keepalive frequency 30

It works for Oracle web server tho.

What keepalive do you guy use for Forms server?

[smalkeric]

Failure detection time, as it relates to the GSS, is the amount of time between when a device failure occurred (the answer resource goes offline) and when the GSS realized the failure occurred. The failure detection window is the window of time that the GSS may wait, once initiating a keepalive cycle, before determining that an answer has failed. If a response packet fails to arrive back to the GSS within this window, the answer is marked offline.

For more information : http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008032cbbe.html#wp1155645

[savyer]

my problem is in compatiblity between CSS tcp keepalives and Oracle forms server. I think tcp fin-close could be the answer I'm looking for.

[pknoops]

Here is what a script looks like using the "graceful" close approach..Graceful is at the bottom.

Regards

Pete..

!no echo

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

! Filename: ap-kal-fin

! Parameters: ip address

!

! Description:

! This script will open and close a socket on port 80.

! The close will be a FIN rather than a RST

!

!

! Failure Upon:

! Not establishing a connection with the host.

!

!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

! Make sure the user has a qualified number of arguments

if ${ARGS}[#] "LT" "1"

echo "Usage: ap-kal-fin ip address.'"

exit script 1

endbranch

! Connect to the remote Host

set EXIT_MSG "Connect: Failed to connect to ${ARGS}[1]"

socket connect host ${ARGS}[1] port 80 tcp 2000

no set EXIT_MSG

socket disconnect ${SOCKET} graceful

exit script 0