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daboochmeister
Cirrus
Actually - I think we figured it out. The APM OAM module just uses the access server hostname that you configure in to establish an initial connection with the OAM servers - during that initial connection, it retrieves a more complete configuration from OAM (which it saves in file ObClientAccess.xml, buried in the OAM file system tree under /config/aaa). I noticed in that file that the plain names are being returned from the OAM server.
We still haven't found where in the OAM configuration it's occurring, but it's definitely something on the OAM side.
Can a moderator pls mark this response as the answer to this question? I don't seem to be able to mark my own responses as answers.
Nut_Pornsopon_1
Jul 31, 2015Nimbostratus
Hi,
I'm not sure to understand you correctly. So, i'm try to debugging tcpdump from APM with OAM log byself. APM store OAM WebGate configuration within the path that you mention. If primary and secondary OAM server name in configure file contain only hostname instead FQDN. When you initialize APM, F5 will use hostname to communicate with OAM firstly if OAM not reachable with hostname. F5 will use FQDN to commnicate.
Note : I'm very recommend you to use DNS instead configure host file. If you use host file you will found another issue in the future.
Hope this help.