My third pool seems to report dead no matter which pool I set it to. But, I don't think it is actually dead since it still reports getworks. Anyone else have that issue?
3rd pool? Why does this even matter? This is your 2nd backup. If Pool 0 is not responding, it tries Pool 1. IF that one fails, then Pool 2 (third one) comes into play. 99.99% of your traffic should be going to Pool 0, and 0.0000001% might go on Pool 2. Unless you have pools with problems. Then you need a different pool.