using load Manager

[spontex]

Hi,

first of all, we want to use load manager in XP like MF1.8 done in our architecture:

I have a XPe farm with 12 servers + DC.
- 6 servers are for production only on a location A
- 6 servers are for backup only on a location B

Users use published applications on location A by default.

We want the location B available only if the location A is shutdown or crashed.... and it must be automatic !!

Then, for test, we have published applications on the 2 locations servers but Load Manager doesn't implement (like MF1.8) a virtual load (or I didn't find it) and users can start application from A & B location :-(

We want only 1 icon for an application (not app1 and app1-backup)

Does anyone can help me.

thanks

 

[spontex]

No one can help me ??

I'm looking for a solution on the web all the we and find nothing usuable....

Thanks

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Load Manager works pretty much the same way that Load Balancing did in MF1.8.

Switching from one server to another in case of failure is not a feature of Load Management - all LM does is measure server loads at logon based on rules you have created, and performs a kind of routing operation at that point. It is not fault-tolerance or clustering.

There is a reconnect feature in the newer clients, so if you use those together with LM, you get an effective fault-tolerance - but, of course, the original session is lost.

Maybe if you include a rule based on IP addresses in your LMG the rule would work better across locations - I take it this is a single-zone farm? I haven't tested LM across zones (or can't remember if it's possible!)

Hope this is helpful

CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk

 

[spontex]

thanks very much