ACE Loadbalance

[gbowling1]

How can I configure loadbalance to operate as a failover?

I don't really want to loadbalance the real servers. I want one to be the "primary" unless it fails (probe dies) then it will move connections to the other real server.

[jujouber · Accepted solution]

You would need to configure the real meant to receive all the connections until it fails in the primary serverfarm, then add the second server to a backup serverfarm. If the server in the primary serverfarm goes offline for some reason the ACE will send connections to the server in the backup serverfarm.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/command/reference/servfarm.html#wp1036317

[gbowling1]

Thanks for the reference. From looking at the reference, can't I just build a backup-rserver in the same serverfarm? Seems like I wouldn't need the backup serverfarm.

At any rate, thanks very much for the tip. With these commands I can get it working.