Load Balancing two Terminal Servers

[ChrisRob]

Hello everyone,

I currently am load balancing two windows server 2003 enterprise edition
terminal server using DNS round robin. I notice that one of my servers tends
to have more traffic. Probably becuase it's the original TS and people are
still using their old RDP shortcut. We are a small company so free is ideal,
but is there a better way or any other suggestions to help even this out?
Thanks in adance for your expertise.

Thank you,
Chris

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Load Balancing two Terminal Servers

You can use WLB:

243523 - Using Terminal Server with Windows Load Balancing Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243523

Since your servers are running Enterprise Edition, you can also use
Session Directory:

301926 - Overview of the Session Directory Technology in Terminal
Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301926

Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server White
Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/sessio
ndirectory.mspx
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXNSb2I=?= <ChrisRob@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote on 15 jul 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I currently am load balancing two windows server 2003 enterprise
> edition terminal server using DNS round robin. I notice that one
> of my servers tends to have more traffic. Probably becuase it's
> the original TS and people are still using their old RDP
> shortcut. We are a small company so free is ideal, but is there
> a better way or any other suggestions to help even this out?
> Thanks in adance for your expertise.
>
> Thank you,
> Chris

 

[ChrisRob]

Re: Load Balancing two Terminal Servers

Well, i made a mistake, one of my servers is running 2003 standard. Am I able
to upgrade/crossgrade to enterprise?

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> You can use WLB:
>
> 243523 - Using Terminal Server with Windows Load Balancing Service
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243523
>
> Since your servers are running Enterprise Edition, you can also use
> Session Directory:
>
> 301926 - Overview of the Session Directory Technology in Terminal
> Services
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301926
>
> Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server White
> Paper
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/sessio
> ndirectory.mspx
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXNSb2I=?= <ChrisRob@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote on 15 jul 2008 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I currently am load balancing two windows server 2003 enterprise
> > edition terminal server using DNS round robin. I notice that one
> > of my servers tends to have more traffic. Probably becuase it's
> > the original TS and people are still using their old RDP
> > shortcut. We are a small company so free is ideal, but is there
> > a better way or any other suggestions to help even this out?
> > Thanks in adance for your expertise.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Chris
>

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Load Balancing two Terminal Servers

I'm not sure, I believe that you would need to install the server
from scratch.
But you can use WLB with any version of the OS.
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

=?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXNSb2I=?= <ChrisRob@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote on 17 jul 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Well, i made a mistake, one of my servers is running 2003
> standard. Am I able to upgrade/crossgrade to enterprise?
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You can use WLB:
>>
>> 243523 - Using Terminal Server with Windows Load Balancing
>> Service http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243523
>>
>> Since your servers are running Enterprise Edition, you can also
>> use Session Directory:
>>
>> 301926 - Overview of the Session Directory Technology in
>> Terminal Services
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301926
>>
>> Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server
>> White Paper
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/ses
>> sio ndirectory.mspx
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXNSb2I=?= <ChrisRob@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote on 15 jul 2008 in
>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I currently am load balancing two windows server 2003
>> > enterprise edition terminal server using DNS round robin. I
>> > notice that one of my servers tends to have more traffic.
>> > Probably becuase it's the original TS and people are still
>> > using their old RDP shortcut. We are a small company so free
>> > is ideal, but is there a better way or any other suggestions
>> > to help even this out? Thanks in adance for your expertise.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Chris

 

[ChrisRob]

Re: Load Balancing two Terminal Servers

Thanks Vera, I appreciate your help.

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> I'm not sure, I believe that you would need to install the server
> from scratch.
> But you can use WLB with any version of the OS.
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXNSb2I=?= <ChrisRob@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote on 17 jul 2008 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > Well, i made a mistake, one of my servers is running 2003
> > standard. Am I able to upgrade/crossgrade to enterprise?
> >
> > "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> You can use WLB:
> >>
> >> 243523 - Using Terminal Server with Windows Load Balancing
> >> Service http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243523
> >>
> >> Since your servers are running Enterprise Edition, you can also
> >> use Session Directory:
> >>
> >> 301926 - Overview of the Session Directory Technology in
> >> Terminal Services
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301926
> >>
> >> Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server
> >> White Paper
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/ses
> >> sio ndirectory.mspx
> >> _________________________________________________________
> >> Vera Noest
> >> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> >> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> >> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
> >>
> >> =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXNSb2I=?= <ChrisRob@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote on 15 jul 2008 in
> >> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
> >>
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >
> >> > I currently am load balancing two windows server 2003
> >> > enterprise edition terminal server using DNS round robin. I
> >> > notice that one of my servers tends to have more traffic.
> >> > Probably becuase it's the original TS and people are still
> >> > using their old RDP shortcut. We are a small company so free
> >> > is ideal, but is there a better way or any other suggestions
> >> > to help even this out? Thanks in adance for your expertise.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you,
> >> > Chris
>