Managing virtual load balancers

 
 A virtual load balancer (VLB) pool is a group of server network interfaces across which network traffic is load balanced. The server network interfaces must all be on the same network. A load balancer pool has a virtual IP Address (VIP). Network traffic is addressed to the load balancer VIP and forwarded to a server in the pool based on the load balancing algorithm used for the pool.

Cloud administrators can manage VLBs in the following ways:

• Create or delete VLB pools
• Add or delete entries in a VLB pool
• Enable or disable entries in a VLB pool

This topic contains the following sections:

• • Before you begin
  • To manage a VLB and its pools from a network container
  • To view the status of pending activities
    • To view the audit trail of a pending activity
    • To view detailed error information
    • To delete a pending activity
  • Related topics

Before you begin

The network container must have at least one VLB.

To manage a VLB and its pools from a network container

1. Access the Manage Virtual Load Balancers dialog from the Resource Manager > Network > Network Containers workspace or from the accompanying Details pane for the selected container:
   
   
   1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Resources.
      1. Under Quick Links on the left, click Network Containers under the Network section to display the network containers.
      2. Select a network container that has a VLB that you want to manage.
      3. Click the Manage Load Balancers icon .
   2. From the Details pane, select the network container with the VLB entry or entries.
      1. Expand the Details pane.
      2. Under the Load Balancers label, select the VLB from the Load Balancers table.
      3. Click the Manage Load Balancers icon .
         The Manage Load Balancers dialog is displayed.
         
         
         
         
2. Select the VLB to manage if it is not already displayed.
   
   
   
   
3. Perform one of the following tasks:
   • Creating-and-deleting-virtual-load-balancer-pools
   • Creating-and-managing-server-entries-in-a-virtual-load-balancer-pool

To view the status of pending activities

In the Pending Activity table, you can select an activity and view its audit trail or check for detailed error information. You can also delete a listed activity.

To view the audit trail of a pending activity

Select the activity and click the Audit Trail icon to view the available auditing data.

To view detailed error information

Select the activity and click the Advanced Error Information icon to display Advanced Error Information dialog.

To delete a pending activity

Select the activity and click the Delete icon.

Related topics

You can also manage a VLB from a service instance. See Managing-VLB-pools-by-server.