Terminal Server NLB and Session directory "Andrea Caldarone" <software-livquist[ at ]3techsrl.com> 05.07.2007 15:35:29 Hi all, I'm studying an high availbility solution for my terminal server environment, and I found documentations on NLB and Session directory, and I have some questions: 1) can I host session directory on one of my terminal server cluster node? 2) is session directory cluster aware? 3) does NLB and / or session direcotory require a Domain controller (and if yes, can it be hosted by one NLB node?) thanks

Re: Terminal Server NLB and Session directory Jeff Pitsch <Jeff[ at ]Jeffpitschconsulting.com> 05.07.2007 23:41:11 1) yes but keep in mind for session directory each of your terminal servers participating in the directory must be enterprise edition 2) No 3) No and even if they did it would be a very bad mistake to put TS onto a terminal server. Andrea Caldarone wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi all, > > I'm studying an high availbility solution for my terminal server > environment, and I found documentations on NLB and Session directory, and I > have some questions: > > 1) can I host session directory on one of my terminal server cluster node? > 2) is session directory cluster aware? > 3) does NLB and / or session direcotory require a Domain controller (and if > yes, can it be hosted by one NLB node?) > > thanks > >

RE: Terminal Server NLB and Session directory Jeff 12.07.2007 22:34:00 Session Directory requires adding your terminal nodes into a local group created when you start the terminal session directory service, so putting the session directory on a domain controller isn't advised. Even though your nodes must be enterprise, your session directory can reside on a 2003 standard server. Having your directory on a node can cause issues, as I have found, since heavy usage of nodes can cause timeouts if your directory is trying to talk to your other nodes for session queries. "Andrea Caldarone" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi all, > > I'm studying an high availbility solution for my terminal server > environment, and I found documentations on NLB and Session directory, and I > have some questions: > > 1) can I host session directory on one of my terminal server cluster node? > 2) is session directory cluster aware? > 3) does NLB and / or session direcotory require a Domain controller (and if > yes, can it be hosted by one NLB node?) > > thanks > > >