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FTP and backup serverfarm issue

rathinilesh
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Hi All,

I am hitting a strange issue. For one of our clients, I have a VIP configured that serves FTP, HTTP and HTTPS. The config is as below. When I configure a backup serverfarm "http-maintenance.client.com-sf" under the loadbalance policy-map "CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-PM, passive FTP stops working. Active FTP continues to function properly so does HTTP and HTTPS. I am using ACE10 [version A2(3.5)].

Could anybody please advise ?

Regards,

Nilesh

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rserver redirect http-maintenance.client.com-redirect

  webhost-redirection http://maintenance.client.com/ 302

  inservice

serverfarm redirect http-maintenance.client.com-sf

  rserver http-maintenance.client.com-redirect

    inservice

serverfarm host CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-SF

  failaction purge

  predictor leastconns slowstart 60

  probe CLIENT-HTTP-80-PR

  rserver SERVER1

    inservice

  rserver SERVER2

    inservice

  rserver SERVER3

    inservice

serverfarm host CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-SF

  probe CLIENT-FTP-PR

  rserver SERVER1

    inservice

  rserver SERVER2

    inservice

  rserver SERVER3

    inservice

sticky ip-netmask 255.255.255.240 address source CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-SG

  timeout 15

  replicate sticky

  serverfarm CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-SF

class-map match-any CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-CM

  2 match virtual-address A.B.C.D tcp any

class-map match-any CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-CM

  2 match virtual-address A.B.C.D tcp eq ftp

policy-map type loadbalance first-match CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-PM

  class class-default

    serverfarm CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-SF

policy-map type loadbalance first-match CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-PM

  class class-default

    sticky-serverfarm CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-SG

policy-map multi-match CLIENT-VIPS

  class CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-CM

    loadbalance vip inservice

    loadbalance policy CLIENT-VIP2-FTP-PM

    loadbalance vip icmp-reply active

    inspect ftp

  class CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-CM

    loadbalance vip inservice

    loadbalance policy CLIENT-VIP2-ANY-PM

    loadbalance vip icmp-reply active

    connection advanced-options TIMEOUT

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chrhiggi
Level 3
Level 3

Nilesh-

  Are you stating that you add the configuration in, and instantly all active ftp sessions grind to a halt? Or are you saying when you test your backup serverfarm configuration, the active sessions fail at that point?

Regards,

  Chris Higgins

Hi Christopher,

Thank you for replying. Yes, when I add the configuration in, instantly all current/new ftp sessions stop functioning.

Regards,

Nilesh

Nilesh-

  Sounds like a logic programming issue. Can you please get a TAC case opened to address this and report the bug ID back to the alias?

Regards,

  Chris Higgins

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