[THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe - corrected

  • From: "Stansel, Paul" <Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:56:05 -0500

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-
> > > > >
> > > > >
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