You can manage existing answers by using the Action icon on the Answers tab, or by clicking on existing answers to update the IP addresses and names.
Updating Answers
- On the Traffic Steering page, select the Answers tab.
- Under Answers, click the name of the answer to update.
- If you are changing the IP address, enter a new IP address.
- Click Add to add more IP addresses or click Remove to remove an existing IP address.
- If you are changing the name, enter the new answer name.
- Click Update.
If you are changing the region for an answer, you must delete the answer and add a new answer within the new region.
Deleting Answers
- On the Traffic Steering page, select the Answers tab.
- Under Answers, select the checkbox next to one or more answers
- Click to delete the answers.
Checking Answers
You can use the Check Now action to run a health check of the selected answer.
- On the Traffic Steering page, select the Answers tab.
- Under Answers, select the checkbox next to one or more answers
- Click to check the health of the answers.
The active GSS in the selected health check region performs a check of the selected answer and displays the status in the Status column.
active.<region>.status.gss.bluecat
pointing to a GSS
instance in that region. This record is managed automatically by GSS when the High
Availability feature is enabled.Force Up Answers
You can use the Force Up action to force the selected answers to become active
- On the Traffic Steering page, select the Answers tab.
- Under Answers, select the checkbox next to one or more answers
- Click to force the answers to become active.
The Force Up action updates answers in all health check regions.
Force Down Answers
You can use the Force Down action to force the selected answers to become inactive
- On the Traffic Steering page, select the Answers tab.
- Under Answers, select the checkbox next to one or more answers
- Click to force the answers to become inactive.
The Force Down action updates answers in all health check regions.
Set to Auto Answers
- On the Traffic Steering page, select the Answers tab.
- Under Answers, select the checkbox next to one or more answers
- Click to force the answers to become inactive or active depending on the health check results.
Once you configure the Set to Auto action, the value Auto appears in the Config column.