Understanding Your Configuration

The configuration summary provides an overview of how requests are processed with the Virtual Traffic Manager. Requests are received by the Virtual Traffic Manager, processed by a virtual server and a pool, forwarded to a node, and then the response is processed by the pool and virtual server on the return path.

The processing path can be quite complex when a number of TrafficScript rules and the Virtual Traffic Manager capabilities are in effect.

The Configuration Summary is described in Services > Configuration Summary.

If you can trace the problem under investigation to a particular time, use the Diagnose > Audit Log page and, if required, the System > Backups page to identify configuration changes that might have provoked the problem.

The Audit Log records all configuration changes performed by each user of the Virtual Traffic Manager Admin UI, REST API, and SOAP API. You might wish to give each authorized administrator an individual login so that you can manage their privileges and monitor their activities. User and Group configuration is described in User Management.

Backup Management allows you to manually take snapshots of your configuration. You can compare the current configuration with a known good snapshot, and restore backups in the event of a serious configuration problem. Backup Management is described in System > Backups.