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CBastien
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject:
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Hello All !
Yesterday, I downloaded the 120 days eval of LCS 2005. I hope to give our
internal users the ability to use Instant Messaging... and voice
conversations.
The Enterprise Edition is installed, the Messenger 5.1 can connect to the
server, the presence status are working very well.
However, it is impossible to send any Instant Message or initiate a voice
call or a White board.
Why ?
Important : the DNS records are not created. The Messenger 5.1 is configured
manually.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Sebastien |
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Bob Christian
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:
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When using LCS 2005 Enterprise Edition it is very important to create the
DNS record for the pool address and point the client to the pool address
rather than directly to the server. This is important even in a single
server environment. If you have a single server then you should create an A
record for the pool that has the same IP as Server.
Ex (A Records)
Server1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
Pool1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
The reason they can't initiate the voice call or white board (provided they
are all on an internal segment that allows this traffic), is because the
request and response are not routing properly. Once you update DNS try it
again.
Bob
"CBastien" <sebastien@no_mail.com> wrote in message
news:%23XuuIsy9EHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Hello All !
Yesterday, I downloaded the 120 days eval of LCS 2005. I hope to give our
internal users the ability to use Instant Messaging... and voice
conversations.
The Enterprise Edition is installed, the Messenger 5.1 can connect to the
server, the presence status are working very well.
However, it is impossible to send any Instant Message or initiate a voice
call or a White board.
Why ?
Important : the DNS records are not created. The Messenger 5.1 is
configured
manually.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Sebastien
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Dhigha D Sekara
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:
Re: Cannot send IM or White board... |
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Just to to bob's comments
If you have EE edition installed the pool FQDN must be resolvable!!
- If the EE pool has multiple front ends the pool FQDN must resolve to the
VIP of the load balander
- If the EE pool has one and only one front end it can resolve to the IP of
the front end server itself.
Althogh this is being called out in our documentation it is being missed by
lot of our customers.
We will soon have a KB published for this to help customer's out on the
debugging of this issue.
Thanks,
Dhigha
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"Bob Christian" <BobChristian@removethis.gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | When using LCS 2005 Enterprise Edition it is very important to create the
DNS record for the pool address and point the client to the pool address
rather than directly to the server. This is important even in a single
server environment. If you have a single server then you should create an
A
record for the pool that has the same IP as Server.
Ex (A Records)
Server1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
Pool1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
The reason they can't initiate the voice call or white board (provided
they
are all on an internal segment that allows this traffic), is because the
request and response are not routing properly. Once you update DNS try it
again.
Bob
"CBastien" <sebastien@no_mail.com> wrote in message
news:%23XuuIsy9EHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello All !
Yesterday, I downloaded the 120 days eval of LCS 2005. I hope to give our
internal users the ability to use Instant Messaging... and voice
conversations.
The Enterprise Edition is installed, the Messenger 5.1 can connect to the
server, the presence status are working very well.
However, it is impossible to send any Instant Message or initiate a
voice
call or a White board.
Why ?
Important : the DNS records are not created. The Messenger 5.1 is
configured
manually.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Sebastien
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Bob Christian
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Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:
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Thanks Dhigha:
I thought this would be good to add this the thread in case someone reads it
our of Google and all of a sudden turns their 2-server deployment into one
where only 1 server is being used. I have other threads that show both as
well.
To clarify, if you had 2 servers in your enterprise pool (this is similar to
a small LCS 2005 lab I built, minus the F5):
LCS 2005 Enterprise Pool (2 Servers):
LCSServer1.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.100
LCSServer2.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.101
SQLBackEnd.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.90
LCSPool1.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.110 (F5 or similar device)
ADGC.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.50
ADGC.ADForest 10.10.10.10
Client 1 10.10.10.201 (DHCP)
Client 2 10.10.10.202 (DHCP)
The LCSPoo1 address must be placed in DNS. Clients must be pointed to this
address and not directly to the servers.
The IP 10.10.10.110 would be assigned to a load balancer device, such as an
F5 Big-IP. This is also called the Virtual IP, or VIP.
It is possible to utilize Windows NLB is possible, but there are several
caveats...please see the Microsoft documentation regarding Windows NLB and
LCS.
It is possible to have a single-server LCS 2005 EE deployment, but it is not
recommended. In the case of a single-server LCS 2005 EE deployment, the
LCSPool1 address would be pointed to the IP of Server1 (see the thread
below) and not a VIP.
Last additional note: White Board, Voice, and Video features are, though
initiated through LCS, are peer-to-peer functions.
Bob
"Dhigha D Sekaran<msft>" <dhigha@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OCc$mB79EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Just to to bob's comments
If you have EE edition installed the pool FQDN must be resolvable!!
- If the EE pool has multiple front ends the pool FQDN must resolve to the
VIP of the load balander
- If the EE pool has one and only one front end it can resolve to the IP
of
the front end server itself.
Althogh this is being called out in our documentation it is being missed
by
lot of our customers.
We will soon have a KB published for this to help customer's out on the
debugging of this issue.
Thanks,
Dhigha
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
Please do not send email to this address, post a reply to this newsgroup
"Bob Christian" <BobChristian@removethis.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23nOkKj09EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
When using LCS 2005 Enterprise Edition it is very important to create
the
DNS record for the pool address and point the client to the pool address
rather than directly to the server. This is important even in a single
server environment. If you have a single server then you should create
an
A
record for the pool that has the same IP as Server.
Ex (A Records)
Server1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
Pool1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
The reason they can't initiate the voice call or white board (provided
they
are all on an internal segment that allows this traffic), is because the
request and response are not routing properly. Once you update DNS try
it
again.
Bob
"CBastien" <sebastien@no_mail.com> wrote in message
news:%23XuuIsy9EHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello All !
Yesterday, I downloaded the 120 days eval of LCS 2005. I hope to give
our
internal users the ability to use Instant Messaging... and voice
conversations.
The Enterprise Edition is installed, the Messenger 5.1 can connect to
the
server, the presence status are working very well.
However, it is impossible to send any Instant Message or initiate a
voice
call or a White board.
Why ?
Important : the DNS records are not created. The Messenger 5.1 is
configured
manually.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Sebastien
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CBastien
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Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:
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Thanks a lot for your help.
My pool name couldn't be resolved.
Many thanks !
Sebastien
"Bob Christian" <BobChristian@removethis.gmail.com> a écrit dans le message
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| Quote: | Thanks Dhigha:
I thought this would be good to add this the thread in case someone reads
it
our of Google and all of a sudden turns their 2-server deployment into one
where only 1 server is being used. I have other threads that show both as
well.
To clarify, if you had 2 servers in your enterprise pool (this is similar
to
a small LCS 2005 lab I built, minus the F5):
LCS 2005 Enterprise Pool (2 Servers):
LCSServer1.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.100
LCSServer2.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.101
SQLBackEnd.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.90
LCSPool1.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.110 (F5 or similar device)
ADGC.ADDomain.ADForest 10.10.10.50
ADGC.ADForest 10.10.10.10
Client 1 10.10.10.201 (DHCP)
Client 2 10.10.10.202 (DHCP)
The LCSPoo1 address must be placed in DNS. Clients must be pointed to
this
address and not directly to the servers.
The IP 10.10.10.110 would be assigned to a load balancer device, such as
an
F5 Big-IP. This is also called the Virtual IP, or VIP.
It is possible to utilize Windows NLB is possible, but there are several
caveats...please see the Microsoft documentation regarding Windows NLB and
LCS.
It is possible to have a single-server LCS 2005 EE deployment, but it is
not
recommended. In the case of a single-server LCS 2005 EE deployment, the
LCSPool1 address would be pointed to the IP of Server1 (see the thread
below) and not a VIP.
Last additional note: White Board, Voice, and Video features are, though
initiated through LCS, are peer-to-peer functions.
Bob
"Dhigha D Sekaran<msft>" <dhigha@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OCc$mB79EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Just to to bob's comments
If you have EE edition installed the pool FQDN must be resolvable!!
- If the EE pool has multiple front ends the pool FQDN must resolve to
the
VIP of the load balander
- If the EE pool has one and only one front end it can resolve to the IP
of
the front end server itself.
Althogh this is being called out in our documentation it is being missed
by
lot of our customers.
We will soon have a KB published for this to help customer's out on the
debugging of this issue.
Thanks,
Dhigha
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
Please do not send email to this address, post a reply to this newsgroup
"Bob Christian" <BobChristian@removethis.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23nOkKj09EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
When using LCS 2005 Enterprise Edition it is very important to create
the
DNS record for the pool address and point the client to the pool
address
rather than directly to the server. This is important even in a single
server environment. If you have a single server then you should create
an
A
record for the pool that has the same IP as Server.
Ex (A Records)
Server1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
Pool1.domain.local - 10.10.10.105
The reason they can't initiate the voice call or white board (provided
they
are all on an internal segment that allows this traffic), is because
the
request and response are not routing properly. Once you update DNS try
it
again.
Bob
"CBastien" <sebastien@no_mail.com> wrote in message
news:%23XuuIsy9EHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello All !
Yesterday, I downloaded the 120 days eval of LCS 2005. I hope to give
our
internal users the ability to use Instant Messaging... and voice
conversations.
The Enterprise Edition is installed, the Messenger 5.1 can connect to
the
server, the presence status are working very well.
However, it is impossible to send any Instant Message or initiate a
voice
call or a White board.
Why ?
Important : the DNS records are not created. The Messenger 5.1 is
configured
manually.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Sebastien
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Neeti
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject:
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Hi Sebastien
Are your machines on the same domain as that of your LCS server. If yes then
it must work fine. Else just add the of your server on the clients etc hosts
file as follows
<ip_address_of_the_server> <FQDN_OF_Server>
Hope this helps. Lemme know of your progress.
Regards
Neeti
"CBastien" <sebastien@no_mail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hello All !
Yesterday, I downloaded the 120 days eval of LCS 2005. I hope to give our
internal users the ability to use Instant Messaging... and voice
conversations.
The Enterprise Edition is installed, the Messenger 5.1 can connect to the
server, the presence status are working very well.
However, it is impossible to send any Instant Message or initiate a voice
call or a White board.
Why ?
Important : the DNS records are not created. The Messenger 5.1 is
configured
manually.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Sebastien
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