Session Directory and Network Load Balancing setup

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I'm planning on setting up 3 W2k3 Enterprise Edition terminal servers with
Network Load Balancing and using Session Directory. I've read tons of things
about this in various white papers on Microsoft's web site, and found things
described very generally and no specific examples.

I was planning on using 2 NICs in each terminal server using unicast. Does
the second NIC plug into its own subnet, or does it even need to be linked to
the same network as the primary NIC? I saw nothing explaining this clearly.

Is the name used in Session Directory the same as the name used by network
load balancing? Do I have to create an address record in DNS for this name,
e.g. ts.domain.local?

I'm sure I have other questions as I proceed deeper. I would appreciate
feedback from anyone that has had experience with this set up.
 
Re: Session Directory and Network Load Balancing setup

Please check following
Step-By-Step Guide for Configuring Network Load Balancing with Terminal
Services in Windows Server 2008
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...2f22-462f-bcc6-72ad31713ddd1033.mspx?mfr=true

And

Step-By-Step Windows Server 2008 TS Session Broker Load Balancing
Step-by-Step Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...77f5-4bba-a6b9-433d823bbfbd1033.mspx?mfr=true

Ratnesh

"David Miller" <DavidMiller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D536D068-557A-494D-A158-85C2E1578C1C@microsoft.com...
> I'm planning on setting up 3 W2k3 Enterprise Edition terminal servers with
> Network Load Balancing and using Session Directory. I've read tons of
> things
> about this in various white papers on Microsoft's web site, and found
> things
> described very generally and no specific examples.
>
> I was planning on using 2 NICs in each terminal server using unicast. Does
> the second NIC plug into its own subnet, or does it even need to be linked
> to
> the same network as the primary NIC? I saw nothing explaining this
> clearly.
>
> Is the name used in Session Directory the same as the name used by network
> load balancing? Do I have to create an address record in DNS for this
> name,
> e.g. ts.domain.local?
>
> I'm sure I have other questions as I proceed deeper. I would appreciate
> feedback from anyone that has had experience with this set up.
 
Re: Session Directory and Network Load Balancing setup

Does Microsoft have the same type of step-by-step guides for Windows Server
2003? These terminal servers are running W2003R2.

"Ratnesh Yadav [MSFT]" wrote:

> Please check following
> Step-By-Step Guide for Configuring Network Load Balancing with Terminal
> Services in Windows Server 2008
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...2f22-462f-bcc6-72ad31713ddd1033.mspx?mfr=true
>
> And
>
> Step-By-Step Windows Server 2008 TS Session Broker Load Balancing
> Step-by-Step Guide
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...77f5-4bba-a6b9-433d823bbfbd1033.mspx?mfr=true
>
> Ratnesh
>
> "David Miller" <DavidMiller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D536D068-557A-494D-A158-85C2E1578C1C@microsoft.com...
> > I'm planning on setting up 3 W2k3 Enterprise Edition terminal servers with
> > Network Load Balancing and using Session Directory. I've read tons of
> > things
> > about this in various white papers on Microsoft's web site, and found
> > things
> > described very generally and no specific examples.
> >
> > I was planning on using 2 NICs in each terminal server using unicast. Does
> > the second NIC plug into its own subnet, or does it even need to be linked
> > to
> > the same network as the primary NIC? I saw nothing explaining this
> > clearly.
> >
> > Is the name used in Session Directory the same as the name used by network
> > load balancing? Do I have to create an address record in DNS for this
> > name,
> > e.g. ts.domain.local?
> >
> > I'm sure I have other questions as I proceed deeper. I would appreciate
> > feedback from anyone that has had experience with this set up.
>
>
 
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