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Configuring NLB on Windows Server 2008 as a member of the local Administrators group may not work as expected on standalone servers
BALANCING ACT I had a call from a customer with a very strange problem. The team that builds servers for his company likes to keep the Administrator account out of reach of everyone but a tiny circle of people. That is a good thing in most cases. They Read More...
Posted: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:53 PM by MichaelPlatts | 3 Comments
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Unable to connect to Windows Server 2008 NLB Virtual IP Address from hosts in different subnets when NLB is in Multicast Mode
If you work with NLB in Multicast mode on Windows Server 2008, this is a must read for you, as you may run into this issue. Symptoms : You cannot connect to the NLB Virtual IP Address when NLB is running in Multicast Mode on Windows Server 2008 from machines Read More...
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:24 PM by MichaelPlatts | 13 Comments
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Windows Server 2008 NLB uses only the Primary Cluster Network Address
In Windows Server 2008 NLB (Network Load Balancing) we display a Network Address for each Cluster IP address, but we only use the Primary IP Network Address when responding to ARP Requests.  In Windows Server 2003, we did not expose each individual Read More...
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:31 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments
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Balancing Act - What you really ought to know about Windows Server NLB
BALANCING ACT Managing the multiple data streams comprising today’s enterprise networks can turn into a digital balancing act.  This blog series hopes to assist you in achieving that “Zen-like” symbiosis that we all want.  Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:31 PM by MichaelPlatts | 3 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for October 21 - October 27
I'm sorry for not getting these posted sooner; I have been out of the office on and off over the past several weeks.  I will publish a few of these posts in a row to get caught up again.  Thanks! 955860   High CPU usage occurs for six seconds Read More...
Posted: Friday, November 21, 2008 4:49 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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Balancing Act: Dual-NIC Configuration with Windows Server 2008 NLB Clusters
BALANCING ACT   Dual-NIC NLB Configuration with Windows Server 2008 NLB Clusters We’ve had a few calls from customers who have run into a particular issue when they’ve deployed NLB on a Windows Server 2008 cluster.  Most of them Read More...
Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:50 PM by MichaelPlatts | 7 Comments
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NLB 101: How NLB balances network traffic
I think one of the most common calls we get with customers who have implemented Network Load Balancing (NLB) is when they notice that the servers aren’t 100% balanced. They’ll notice that one node is getting hammered with traffic while the Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:25 PM by MichaelPlatts | 2 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 21 - June 26
953730   The netsh command cannot start the PNRP Machine Name Publication Service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 952899   Event IDs 1018 and 1020 appear in the Application log after you remove the SNMP service on a Windows Server 2008-based Read More...
Posted: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:43 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of May 24 - May 30
949429   The virtual IP address of a Windows Server 2008 NLB cluster is bound to the NetBIOS host name of a particular server or of multiple servers 947028   How to restrict SSTP connections to a specific IP address in Windows Server 2008 950826 Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:29 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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Preparing the Network for NLB 2008
Windows Server 2008 is here, along with a new version of Network Load Balancing (NLB).  Just as in previous versions, NLB continues to provide an excellent option for scaling many kinds of applications and promoting higher availability.  And Read More...
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:06 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments
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Common errors encountered while configuring NLB on Longhorn
When the NLB role is installed on Lornhorn server nodes, you will notice that the "Network Load Balancing" component is added to the bindings on the nic but unchecked. This component will become checked when the cluster is created (local) or when this Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:57 PM by ranjitjacob | 0 Comments
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