Load Balancer Snapshot

The Control Center also allows you to snapshot the configuration of load balancers of Active farms. Taking a snapshot requires user access privileges. Unlike server snapshot (used for copying disk images), the load balancer snapshot mechanism is provided strictly to allow automatic failover of these elements to the previous configuration. Therefore, you cannot copy a load balancer image to another.

Any changes made to the load balancer configuration from the device's command line is not reflected in the Control Center configuration window. However, the snapshot mechanism captures the complete configuration, that is, all of your configurations made through the Control Center and directly through the device's command line.

If the element subsequently fails, the Control Center automatically replaces the element and restores all of your configurations using the snapshot image, which contains changes made through the Control Center and directly through the device's command line. Therefore, you are required to take a snapshot of the element whenever you make changes through the element command line.

How To Snapshot Load Balancer

Steps

1. Open an Active farm in the Editor, and right-click a load balancer element.

2. Select Snapshot.

   The Snapshot Configuration screen appears.

3. Click Snapshot Now to request the server to snapshot the current load balancer.

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   Caution –

   If you make any changes at the element command line after you snapshot an image, you are required to take a snapshot of the element again because it is not reflected in Control Center configuration dialog.

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