Re: Load Balancing 2 Servers and profiles

From: Jack Wang [MSFT] (jackwa_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 03:20:22 GMT

Hi Harrison,

Thank you for posting!

The session directory keeps a list of sessions indexed by user name. This
enables a user, after terminating a session, to reconnect to the terminal
server where the previous session resides to resume working in that
session. You may refer to the following resource to configure the NLB with
Session Directory.

This article describes the Session Directory technology that is now
available on Windows Server 2003 computers. With this technology, you can
reconnect to a Terminal Services session from which you have disconnected.

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

This white paper discusses how to plan and deploy a load balanced terminal
server farm using session directory, and how the session directory operates
in a load balanced environment.

818774 White Paper: Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal
Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818774

This article describes the different methods you can use to configure the
Terminal Services Session Directory service.

301923 How to Configure Terminal Services Session Directory Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301923

Hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Jack Wang, MCSE 2000/2003, MCSA 2000/2003, MCDBA, MCSD
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

=====================================================
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via
your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit
from your issue.
=====================================================

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--------------------
| From: "Harrison Midkiff" <HMidkiff@aviinc.com>
| References: <eZT9HlIsEHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>
<eGOSb3JsEHA.3576@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>
| Subject: Re: Load Balancing 2 Servers and profiles
| Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:23:03 -0400
| Lines: 46
| X-Priority: 3
| X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
| X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180
| X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response
| X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180
| Message-ID: <OwvoPrLsEHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services
| NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-124.8-67.tampabay.rr.com 67.8.124.67
| Path:
cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGXA03.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP14
phx.gbl
| Xref: cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:18310
| X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services
|
| Claudio:
|
| Thanks for your reply. I am using AD 2000 and my servers are Windows
2003. I
| don't see a GPO in for "Terminal Server". It there a template I can load?
| Thanks again.
|
| Harrison Midkiff
|
| "Cláudio Rodrigues" <Claudio.Rodrigues@NOSPAM-Terminal-Services.NET>
wrote
| in message news:eGOSb3JsEHA.3576@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| > The only thing you must to do is to save the profiles somewhere. If you
go
| > to AD and check the user properties you will see a Terminal Services
| > Profile Path. Set that somewhere like
| > \\YOUR_FILE_SERVER\TSProfiles\%username% where TSProfiles is the share
| > name and YOUR_FILE_SERVER is a file server you may have.
| > There is no need for Session Directory.
| > For Load Balancing if you are using Windows 2003 TS you can use NLB,
| > although NLB is not resource based (this means if a server gets stuck
on
| > 100% CPU, NLB will still send users to that server). If you are looking
| > for an easy to use resource based load balancing solution take a look
at
| > WTSGateway Pro.
| >
| > --
| > Cláudio Rodrigues
| >
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows Technologies - Terminal Services
| > http://www.terminal-services.net
| > "Harrison Midkiff" <HMidkiff@aviinc.com> wrote in message
| > news:eZT9HlIsEHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| >> Hello:
| >>
| >> I am in the process of setting up 2 terminal servers on my network. I
am
| >> going to setup load balancing on the server to balance them out. I
need
| >> to address the issue of profiles on the different servers. I have
looked
| >> at the Session Directory server, but if I understand it correctly it
is
| >> only going to direct users back to the TS server which holds there
| >> profile. Am I correct? Does anyone know of any good white papers
that
| >> cover setting up TS on 2003, load balancing and user profiles. Thanks.
| >>
| >> Harrison Midkiff
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
|

Relevant Pages

  • Re: load balancing, session directory
    ... Session directory requires Enterprise Edition. ... session directory is a feature of every edition (i.e. ... seond server identical to the first server. ... because only enterprise edition supports load balancing / ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services)
  • RE: TS Session Directory and Load Balancing
    ... Server Sizing & Load Balancing: ... > We are in the process of deploying Terminal Services Session Directory using ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services)
  • RE: Bridge server... And terminal performance... suggestions...
    ... Windows load balancing is included in 2K advanced server and 2003 standard ... Session directory in 2003 ... > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services)
  • Re: 2003 Standard Edition, load balancing and redundancy
    ... Managing a Load Balanced Terminal Server Farm ... Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server White ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services)
  • RE: Session Directory (Repost)
    ... One whitepaper said to not install Session Directory on the terminal ... server but on another box. ... > Terminal Services Session Directory service. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Loading