I have a use case where i am using tomcat.  I need the sample to work with sticky sessions.

But if teh tomcat server dies , i want the request to be handled by another server.

My SetUP has 3 machines

1 apache(httpd) and  2 tomcats.

Now i try a sample example with one servlet  - and it hits apache1 and then followed by tomcat1.

Now without closing the browser , i kell the tomcat1 , expecting my next request to hit tomcat2.

But i get service down exception [If i close teh browser and open again it goes to tomcat 2] .

But with sticky session , if server(tomcat) is down i want the request to hit another server.

I tried tehvalue sgiven  in t eh documentation

I made  stickySessionRemove = true and also  tried with stickySessionForce=false [Actually i did not understand why we require both properties , isnt one sufficent ?]

Any help is really appreciated.

Tahnks is Advance