So right now I have one terminal server assigned to a lab, and it is working for now. But I am wanting to add more Terminal Servers, and want a way to load balance them between my thin clients and other clients that will utilize them.
I just don't know what would be the best solution to achieve this scenario where I will no longer need to assign one terminal server to one lab, it is not good for maintenance and if that terminal server goes down, which is sometimes does that whole lab is useless.
You can add a session broker to your terminal server environment. With the session broker you load balance connections between terminal servers. Please have a look here:. Hi, As Robert says, using the Connection Broker is advised because besides loadbalancing, the Connection Broker also provides reconnecting to disconnected session. The Dedicated IP addresses fields are used when a single network adapter is used for both communication between cluster nodes and external network traffic.
It is used to specify the host's unique IP address, which is used for non-cluster network traffic i. This must be a fixed IP address and not a DHCP address and as such should also be entered into the network properties dialog of the node. To configure dedicated IP addresses, click on the Add The Initial host state setting controls the initial state of the node when the system is started.
The default is for the server to start as an active participant in the cluster. Alternative options are Suspend and Stop. Clicking Next displays the Cluster IP addresses screen. These are the virtual IP addresses by which the cluster will be accessible on the network. These IP addresses are shared by all nodes in the cluster and a cluster may have multiple virtual IP addresses.
Once the cluster IP addresses are specified, click on Next to proceed to the Cluster Parameters screen:. On this screen, enter the full internet name of the cluster for example cluster. Once selection is complete, click Next to proceed to the Port Rules screen:.
By default all TCP and UDP traffic on all ports 0 through is balanced across all nodes in the cluster with single client affinity. To define new or modify existing rules, for example to direct traffic to a particular port to a specific cluster node, use the Add and Edit buttons.
Once port rules have been defined, click Finish to complete this phase of the configuration process. The Network Load Balancing Manager will now list the new cluster containing the single node as illustrated below:. With the cluster now configured and running, the next step is to add additional nodes to the cluster. Before adding a new host to a cluster it is first necessary to install the Network Load Balancing feature on the new server as outlined previously in this chapter.
On this screen, enter the full internet name of the cluster for example cluster. Once selection is complete, click Next to proceed to the Port Rules screen:. By default all TCP and UDP traffic on all ports 0 through is balanced across all nodes in the cluster with single client affinity. To define new or modify existing rules, for example to direct traffic to a particular port to a specific cluster node, use the Add and Edit buttons.
Once port rules have been defined, click Finish to complete this phase of the configuration process. The Network Load Balancing Manager will now list the new cluster containing the single node as illustrated below:.
With the cluster now configured and running, the next step is to add additional nodes to the cluster. Before adding a new host to a cluster it is first necessary to install the Network Load Balancing feature on the new server as outlined previously in this chapter. If no cluster is currently listed, right click on Network Load Balancing Manager entry and select Connect to Existing.
In the connection dialog enter the name or IP address of a node in the cluster or the IP address of the cluster itself and click on Connect. Once the connection is established, click on Finish to return to the manager interface where the cluster will be listed in the left hand panel using the cluster's full internet name.
To add a node, right click on the cluster name and select Add Host to Cluster. In the resulting dialog enter the name or IP address of the host to be added as a new cluster node and click on Connect. Click Next to change any of the cluster port rule settings. Once finished, the new host will be listed in the manager screen with a status of Pending , followed by Converging and finally Converged.
Existing nodes in a cluster may be either suspended or removed. A suspended node may be resumed by selecting Resume from the same menu. A deleted node must be added to the cluster once again using the steps outlined above. Jump to: navigation , search. PowerShell for NLB certainly has a lot of functionality, but to improve usability, extensive help and examples are built right into the utility. Please refer to this in-box help when you use PowerShell.
This is also an area where we would like your feedback — please let us know if there is anything which you cannot find or you believe was misleading. Once the new host settings are circulated through all cluster hosts, the new cluster host will be in a running state in the cluster. This operation changes the configuration on all cluster nodes. As a result, the NLB cluster will have to restart the convergence process on all nodes to guarantee that configuration changes have been applied on all nodes and that a consistent state is reached.
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