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Phil
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:51 am Post subject:
Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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Can someone please point me to some Network Load Balancing documentation for
Win2003 server. I am looking for complete step by step documentation with
screenshots. I apprecaite any replies. Thank you. Phil |
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:51 am Post subject:
Re: Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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The stuff in the Help and Support in W2003 is actually pretty good. I don't
know of anything better.
If you have a specific question, post it here and you'll likely get more
than enough information back to get you going.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Can someone please point me to some Network Load Balancing documentation
for
Win2003 server. I am looking for complete step by step documentation
with
screenshots. I apprecaite any replies. Thank you. Phil |
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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:51 am Post subject:
Re: Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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I have links to all the white papers I could find on my website.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Can someone please point me to some Network Load Balancing documentation
for
Win2003 server. I am looking for complete step by step documentation
with
screenshots. I apprecaite any replies. Thank you. Phil |
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Phil
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:
RE: Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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Thanks for the info, definitely helped. I have some questions.
1. NLB does not provide fault tolerance correct? If one of the hosts goes
down (in 2 host cluster) then the cluster is not accessible? I have clients
hitting the cluster IP address to get to our web product, works fine when
both cluster hosts are running, if one goes down the site goes down.
2. My one host is always in the converging state, while the other is
converged. Not sure why, shouldnt they both be converged?
3. Is there a good way to see that the TCP/IP traffic is being balanced
between the two hosts. Right now Im just using task manager and watching the
CPU, it still seems the host w/ priority1 is taking most of the requests.
Again I appreciate any replies. Thank you. |
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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If you need service availability monitoring, you're going to need to abandon
NLB in favor of somethign like a Cisco CSM or CSS Switch which can send HTTP
Pings.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
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| Quote: | Thanks Russ. The only way I can get the both converged is to re-create
the
cluster and then its fine. What counters are you using in performance
monitor to see the load balancing in effect? I tried a few under "web
service" but it didnt return anything. Thanks again. |
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Russ Kaufmann [MVP]
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E5B38E3-B2E2-4E5A-99E5-719B672A7D19@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Thanks for the info, definitely helped. I have some questions.
1. NLB does not provide fault tolerance correct? If one of the hosts goes
down (in 2 host cluster) then the cluster is not accessible? I have
clients
hitting the cluster IP address to get to our web product, works fine when
both cluster hosts are running, if one goes down the site goes down.
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NLB can provide HA. In the case of a two node NLB cluster, if one node
fails, then the other can and will take over the load. The issue with NLB is
that the node must fail, not just the service being clustered (i.e. IIS can
fail, but if the server is still up then the node will continue to receive
traffic)
| Quote: | 2. My one host is always in the converging state, while the other is
converged. Not sure why, shouldnt they both be converged?
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Yes, they should.
| Quote: | 3. Is there a good way to see that the TCP/IP traffic is being balanced
between the two hosts. Right now Im just using task manager and watching
the
CPU, it still seems the host w/ priority1 is taking most of the requests.
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Performance monitor.
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Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Website
http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp - Blog |
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Phil
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Network Load Balancing Documentation |
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Thanks Russ. The only way I can get the both converged is to re-create the
cluster and then its fine. What counters are you using in performance
monitor to see the load balancing in effect? I tried a few under "web
service" but it didnt return anything. Thanks again. |
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