Pool Status Shows as DOWN Instead of DISABLED When Pool Is Manually Disabled

Products

• VMware Avi Load Balancer

Issue/Introduction

• When a pool is manually disabled on the Avi Controller, its Operational Status shows DOWN instead of DISABLED.

• Below is the snapshot of disabling the pool.

• The following snapshot shows the pool status after it has been disabled.

• The pool members correctly display DISABLED with the reason “Server disabled by user.” A snapshot of this is provided below.

• This behavior is expected and is consistent with Avi’s design.

Environment

• Avi Load Balancer

Resolution

• Avi evaluates a pool’s operational status based on the availability of its members.

• When a pool is disabled:
 ○ All servers in the pool are marked as disabled.
 ○ Server availability becomes zero.

• With no active members to serve traffic, the system marks the pool as DOWN.

• The platform does not assign a separate “DISABLED” state at the pool level; only pool members receive that status.
• This behavior is expected.