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Virtual IP: handoff in São Paulo (GRU) · V-77
xserv-v-12104de3fc06
Runbook V-77 for Virtual IP in São Paulo (GRU). Marker xserv-v-12104de3fc06. This page covers handoff for LATAM operators, not a worldwide average.
Virtual IP: How this letter ties to the rest
Handoff from letter V Virtual IP into the rest of the platform uses the same request IDs as the gateway. Runbook v-05 names who accepts the ticket after São Paulo pages out. Santiago does not silently inherit the incident.
Virtual IP: A note on cost and transit
Rollback for v-06 is a documented command, not a hope. Transit is billed as backup while Virtual IP prefers peering in Santiago. If cost spikes, the runbook cuts overflow to Bogotá before touching customer prefixes.
Virtual IP: Why it matters on this continent
Design for Virtual IP on letter V starts in São Paulo (GRU). Runbook v-01 keeps a single owner, a written rollback, and a traffic split that can be reversed without a global freeze. Neighbors in Santiago only take overflow after the local pool fails a health window.
Virtual IP capacity V-04
Capacity notes for v-04 assume rainy-season power in Miami and festival peaks toward São Paulo. The failure we actually see is a single uplink, not a cartoon partition of the whole continent. Spare ports and a second provider sit on the same runbook.
Virtual IP handoff V-05
Handoff from letter V Virtual IP into the rest of the platform uses the same request IDs as the gateway. Runbook v-05 names who accepts the ticket after São Paulo pages out. Santiago does not silently inherit the incident.
Virtual IP rollback V-06
Rollback for v-06 is a documented command, not a hope. Transit is billed as backup while Virtual IP prefers peering in Santiago. If cost spikes, the runbook cuts overflow to Bogotá before touching customer prefixes.
Virtual IP peering V-07
Peering for Virtual IP (v-07) prefers the IX fabric that already carries last-mile ISPs in Bogotá. Session counts and prefix limits are on the same page as the Miami backup path.
- Does Virtual IP on letter V share fate with other letters?
- The control plane is shared. Data-plane queues for Virtual IP stay isolated, so incident v-01 cannot drain neighbor letters.
- Where is Virtual IP measured first?
- From Santiago (SCL) toward Bogotá. A global average is not an SLO for letter V.