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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
7






Configuring

Virtual

Servers
Managing
Virtual

Servers
Step
2
(Optional)
To

display

only

the

answers

of

a

specific

GSS

VIP

Answer
group,
do
the
following:
a.
Click
the
Groups
icon

located

above

the

DNS

Rules

table.

The

Groups

menu

appears

below

the

icon
(see
Figure

7-1 ).
b.
From
the

Groups

menu,

choose

the

group

to

display.
Step
3
In
the

GSS

Answers

table,

check

the

check

boxes

to

the

left

of

the

answers

that

you

want

to

poll,

activate,
or
suspend.
Step
4
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
Active/Suspended
hyperlink

to

view

the

VIP

answer

details

across

the

GSS

node(s).

A

popup
window
appears

listing

all

nodes

associated

with

the

VIP,

operational

state,

hit

count,

and

timestamp
for
each

node.

•
Click
Poll
Now

to

query

the

chosen

resource

to

verify
it
is

still

active.
Note
If
you

click

Poll

Now

immediately

after

you

click

Activate

or

Suspend,

you

might

not

get

the

VIP
answer
operational

status

on

the

PGSSM

that

reflects

your

most

recent

configuration.

It

might

be
necessary
to

click

Poll

Now

two

or

three

times

in

succession

to

get

an

accurate

result.
The
ability

of


Cisco

Li

cense

Manager

t

o

update

the

VIP

answer

operational

st

atus

and

st

atistics
accurately
in

detailed

GSS

statistics

window

might

depend

on

the

polling

interval

that

has

been
configured
on

the

GSS.

The

polling

interval

can

be

configured

directly

on

the

GSS

device.

(The

default
is
5

minutes.)

Depending

on

the

interval,

it

can

take

5

minutes

or

more

for

the

ANM

server

to

show

an
accurate
result.

•
Click
Activate
to

reactivate

a

GSS

answer.

•
Click
Suspend
to

temporarily
stop
the
GSS

from

using
an
associated
answer.
If
you

clicked

Activate

or

Suspend,

a

dialog

box

prompts

for

a

Reason.

Acceptable

text

consists

of

any
characters
or

not

hing

at

all.
Step
5
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
Deploy
Now

to

complete

Activation
or
Suspension.

•
Click
Cancel
to

cancel

the

Activation

or

Suspension

operation.
Related
Topics

•
Managing
GSS
VIP

Answer

and

DNS

Rule
Groups,
page
7-76

•
Information
About

Load

Balancing,

page
7-1

•
Activating
and

Suspending

DNS

Rules

Governing

GSS

Load

Balancing,

page
7-75