Ahhh... yes, that would be one place where you could use NLB :). Nice to know the consultant wasn't leading you on. I know some people out here are doing it. I haven't bothered, but I probably should. -Paul > ---------- > From: adamadz[SMTP:adz@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Reply To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:52 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe - corrected > > > Sorry, it seems that I may have misunderstood the issue. > > The NLB is configured for Nfuse side of things. We are using Citrix's > load > balancing for the XPe portion, but we wanted redundancy for Nfuse so there > is an additional NIC installed on the boxes with NLB setup for that. I've > read Citrix's KB article about using round robin and changing a few lines > in > the applist.asp file. Still, Citrix's suggested fix will still poll a > down > server first causing timeouts and failures. You can refer to this thread: > http://www.thinplanet.com/community/boards/post.asp?p=100000000&t=1843&b=C > it > rix+MetaFrame > > So, evidentally the issue lies somewhere with NLB since when I disabled > it, > everything began working. Does anyone else load balance Nfuse with NLB > successfully? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "adamadz" <adz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:22 AM > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe > > > > > > Thanks to everyone that helped. As soon as we turned off NLB, our > intranet > > started running flawlessly. Looks like I'll have to make a phone call > > tomorrow. :) > > > > -adamadz- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ron Oglesby" <roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:09 AM > > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe > > > > > > > > > > Yeah. NLB is a waste if you have XPe. NLB's algorithm is very network > > > centric and not even close's to Citrix's. You can publish apps from on > a > > > citrix box and make them available right that second and load blanaced > > > across all three servers.=20 > > > > > > Ron Oglesby > > > Senior Technical Architect > > > =20 > > > RapidApp > > > Office 312.372.7188 > > > Mobile 312.961.2380 > > > email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > =20 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stansel, Paul [mailto:Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:25 AM > > > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > > > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe > > > > > > > > > Oh lord no... he took you for a ride. XPe has it's own load balancing > > > scheme. NLB is not very beneficial in a Citrix XPe deployment. > > > > > > -Paul > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > From: adamadz[SMTP:adz@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > Reply To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:28 AM > > > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe > > > >=20 > > > >=20 > > > > We hired a consultant to design/implement our Citrix Infrastructure, > > > so > > > > the > > > > exact logic eludes me. From what I remember him telling us, without > > > it, > > > > won't all initial requests coming from clients be directed to just > one > > > of > > > > the Citrix boxes? If it helps, we're also running Nfuse 1.7 and > CSG. > > > Is > > > > this not the case? > > > >=20 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Ron Oglesby" <roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:28 AM > > > > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe > > > >=20 > > > >=20 > > > > > > > > > > Ok. I have to ask. If you have XPE why are you using MS's NLB? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ron Oglesby > > > > > Senior Technical Architect > > > > > =3D20 > > > > > RapidApp > > > > > Office 312.372.7188 > > > > > Mobile 312.961.2380 > > > > > email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > =3D20 > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: adamadz [mailto:adz@xxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20 > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:07 AM > > > > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Subject: [THIN] NLB & Xpe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > We're having trouble with one of our applications. Our intranet > > > site > > > > > will > > > > > constantly lock up and time out when we try to access it through > > > Citrix. > > > > > With our current setup, we have three boxes running XPe using NLB. > > > Our > > > > > intranet site is also comprised of three servers that are using > NLB > > > > > (both in > > > > > multicast mode and both are Win2k Advanced, SP3). Only the first > > > Citrix > > > > > server in the cluster is capable of accessing our site without any > > > > > problems. > > > > > All configurations on the Citrix boxes are identical, so that's > not > > > the > > > > > problem. Also, if we change the order in which the Citrix boxes > are > > > > > clustered, then the first server will always be able to connect > with > > > no > > > > > issue. Has anyone else run across this? Every other published > > > > > application > > > > > and desktop runs flawlessly.. Even regular web browsing works > fine, > > > its > > > > > just > > > > > our intranet site. We've tried everything we can think of (cant > > > touch > > > > > the > > > > > config on our intranet, a big no-no) short of putting the Citrix > > > boxes > > > > > on a > > > > > separate subnet, which is what we've got planned for this week. > Any > > > > > help > > > > > would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > -adamadz- > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > > This Week's Sponsor: RTO Software - TScale > > > > > TScale increases Terminal Server capacity. Get 30-40% more users > per > > > > > server to save $$$ and time. 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