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Configure persistence groups

September 14, 2021

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When you have load-balanced servers that handle several different types of connections (such as Web servers that host multimedia), you can configure a virtual server group to handle these connections. To create a virtual server group, you bind different types of virtual servers, one for each type of connection that your load balanced servers accept, into a single group. You then configure a persistence type for the entire group.

You can configure either source IP-based persistence or HTTP cookie-based persistence for persistence groups. After you set persistence for the entire group, you cannot change it for individual virtual servers in the group. If you configure persistence on a group and then add a new virtual server to the group, the persistence of the new virtual server is changed to match the persistence setting of the group.

When persistence is configured on a group of virtual servers, persistence sessions are created for initial requests, and subsequent requests are directed to the same service as initial request, regardless of the virtual server in the group that receives each client request.

When you add a virtual server that has persistence sessions to a load balancing group with a different persistence type, the existing persistent sessions specific to an old persistence type are deleted. The persistent sessions decide whether the traffic must go to the same virtual server or to a different server. Therefore, existing established connections are not impacted.

The persistence type of a load balancing group is applied to all the virtual servers bound to that group, irrespective of the virtual servers’ protocol type. A load balancing group supports the following persistence types:

SourceIP
CookieInsert
Rule

Some virtual servers support only certain persistence types. For example, a virtual server of type SSL_BRIDGE can use only SourceIP persistence type for an LB group.

If you configure HTTP cookie-based persistence, the domain attribute of the HTTP cookie is set. This setting causes the client software to add the HTTP cookie into client requests if different virtual servers have different public host names. For more information about CookieInsert persistence type, see Persistence Based on HTTP Cookies.

To create a virtual server persistency group by using the command line interface

At the command prompt, type:

bind lb group <vServerGroupName> <vServerName> -persistenceType <PersistenceType>
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Example:

bind lb group Vserver-Group-1 Vserver-LB-1 -persistenceType CookieInsert
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To modify a virtual server group by using the configuration utility

Navigate to Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Persistency Groups, create a persistency group, and specify the virtual servers that must be part of this group.

To modify a virtual server group by using the command line interface

At the command prompt, type:

set lb group <vServerGroupName> -PersistenceBackup <BackupPersistenceType> -persistMask <SubnetMaskAddress>
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Example:

set lb group vserver-Group-1 -PersistenceBackup SourceIP -persistMask 255.255.255.255
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Configure persistence groups

September 14, 2021

Contributed by:

S C

September 14, 2021

Contributed by:

S C

Configure persistence groups

To create a virtual server persistency group by using the command line interface

To modify a virtual server group by using the configuration utility

To modify a virtual server group by using the command line interface

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