F5® Alert of the Week: Pool member response time too high

This is a real life sample alert from indeni

Description:

The ping time for pool member A (10.10.15.52) in the IIS_server pool is too high compared to other pool members. It is currently 512ms whereas the average (excluding this member) for the pool is 20ms.

indeni will re-check this alert every 1 minute. If indeni determines the issue has been resolved, it will automatically be flagged as such.

Manual Remediation Steps:

Review the network connectivity to the pool member as well as possible issues on the host itself.

For more information on how to set up pools, refer to Configuring Load Balancing Pools in the F5 user guide.

How does this alert work?

indeni loads the configuration for all pools and pool members on each LTM® and pings them once in a while. If one of the members exhibits a higher response time that the others the alert is triggered.