It's note required, the only thing you'll lose is instant IMA updates from the ZDC. The Citrix servers not on the same vlan will instead update the LHC on a regular intervals. Joe On 11/23/06, Angela Smith <angela_smith9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Andrew Does it matter if the Zone Data collector is on a separate VLAN? Should this be moved with the Presentation Servers?? Thanks >From: "Andrew Wood" <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [THIN] Re: Server farm IP change - will it work? >Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:36:16 -0000 > >'I've been assured' - I'd still test it tho' if I had 1p for every time I'd >been dropped in by assurance I'd have enough to buy a mix-up ;) > >A zone isn't defined by a subnet, like say, you can define a site within >AD. >While the default zone name is taken from the server's IP address, the zone >name (and IP addresses of the servers within the zone) can be anything. Its >up to you as the admin/farm designer to define whats 'in' a zone. So you >can >change the zone name (if you've left it at a default) or create a new zone >- >but I'd say its more of a cosmetic change to avoid confusion than a >functional one. I'd say, simply rename it. > >The license server doesn't need to be on the same IP address range - so >from >what you describe it might be more straightforward to keep it as is. > >Hth. > >-----Original Message----- >From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf >Of Angela Smith >Sent: 21 November 2006 12:11 >To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [THIN] Re: Server farm IP change - will it work? > >Hi > >Ive been assured the 2 VLAN's will see each other and there will be no >controls / restrictions between the VLANs. Ive recently been informed that >only the PS4 servers are moving, not any of the backend servers such as >SQL, >Web interface etc. This should make the change even easier. > >We have a dedicated server running as the Zone Data Collector / Terminal >Services Licensing Server. Would you suggest this server be moved to the >new Citrix VLAN so its on the same network as the other PS4 servers or does >it not matter??. > >Will the Citrix server zone information automatically change when I move >the >servers into the new VLAN or will I need to manually change zones for each >server once its moved? > >The only hardcoded reference I found is in a AD GPO which points to the >Terminal Services License server. Everything else uses the DNS name. > >Thanks >Ang > > > >From: "Andrew Wood" <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [THIN] Re: Server farm IP change - will it work? > >Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:37:08 -0000 > > > >I'd make sure you routing works between the two vlans - always fun > >finding your server come up with a new IP address and then you, or one > >of the servers providing license services, or database connections lose > >the connection because a gateway address or subnet is not configured >properly. > > > >You might want to check any iis services/ica winstation service to make > >sure that no one has forced the service to look at a particular IP > >address rather than 'default' > > > >If you've WI/PN agent/CSG services you'll need to update those as well > >whenever you move a server that's referenced by them. Likewise for any > >altaddr's you might have set up? Same goes for DNS entries - are they > >all dynamically configured or have you got some specific cname entries > >that have been configured manually? > > > >Possibly a check to make sure no bright spark configured a local hosts > >table entry on server(s) hard coding zDCs/license server/datastore? > > > >Bear in mind that the clients are going to be referencing something - > >do you have hard coded references to servers, or do you have DNS names > >(e.g. > >ica.mycompany.local) configured for your clients? > > > >Once you've moved a server you could run a qfarm and a dscheck to make > >sure there is nothing untoward hanging around. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >Behalf Of Angela Smith > >Sent: 20 November 2006 10:09 > >To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [THIN] Server farm IP change - will it work? > > > >Hi > > > >I need to move all my servers onto a separate VLAN and therefore need to > >change all the IP address's on all servers in the farm. Are there any > >gotchas I should be aware of? > > > >- Is there an order in which I should do this - ie data collector > >first? WI server first? > >- Has anyone encountered any issues changing IP's on all servers in a >farm? > >- Does Citrix use the IP address for any function or does it use server > >names only? > >- Will I need to recreate the LHC after changing IP's? > > > >Farm is based on Presentation Server 4. > > > >Thanks > >Angela > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Advertisement: Fresh jobs daily. Stop waiting for the newspaper. Search > >now! > > > >www.seek.com.au > >http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2E > >au&_t =757263760&_r=Hotmail_EndText_Nov06&_m=EXT > > > >SBC SITES ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH: http://www.F1U.com > >************************************************ > >For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation > >mode use the below link: > >//www.freelists.org/list/thin > >************************************************ > > > >SBC SITES ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH: http://www.F1U.com > >************************************************ > >For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation > >mode use the below link: > >//www.freelists.org/list/thin > >************************************************ > >_________________________________________________________________ >Advertisement: Looking for the latest range of toys available? Go to >www.tradingpost.com.au > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etradingpost%2Ecom%2Eau >%2Fbrowse%2FHousehold%2FFamily%2FToys%2DGames%2Floc%5FlocRZSQregtAVSCdistRZS >QAVSCstateRZSQ9AVSCregRZSQ%5Fns%5FTrue%5Foff%5F0%5Fsqt%5F1%5Fsrchtype%5Fbrws >e%5Fstpg%5F3%5F%3Freferrer%3Dplace2&_t=758874129&_r=emailtagline_nov&_m=EXT > >SBC SITES ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH: http://www.F1U.com >************************************************ >For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode >use the below link: >//www.freelists.org/list/thin >************************************************ > >SBC SITES ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH: http://www.F1U.com >************************************************ >For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or >set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: >//www.freelists.org/list/thin >************************************************ _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Fresh jobs daily. Stop waiting for the newspaper. Search now! www.seek.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau&_t=757263760&_r=Hotmail_EndText_Nov06&_m=EXT SBC SITES ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH: http://www.F1U.com ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin ************************************************