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1.1. Monitors

A DNS application specific health monitor provides intelligence in the steering DNS queries towards the fastest responding DNS server.

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Navigate to: Delivery : Load Balancing : Monitors

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https://router01.branch01.example.com/tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/dns/monitor/list.jsp

Create a monitor according to the following table:

Setting Value
Name example.com_dns_monitor
Type DNS
Query Name www.example.com
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https://router01.branch01.example.com/tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/dns/monitor/create.jsp

TMSH

tmsh create ltm monitor dns example.com_dns_monitor defaults-from dns qname www.example.com