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Sat_007_137271
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Nov 07, 2013

Load balancing Lync 2013 Persistent Chat Pool

Hello All,

 

I am in middle of Lync 2013 deployment and just finished installing 2 persistent chat servers, i have been searching but can't find any documentation on using f5 to load balance Persistent Chat Pool. The only article i was able to find published by Microsoft says to use DNS load balancing here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj205391.aspx

 

Technically Persistent chat pool listens on TCP 5041 as per the topology builder wondering if a simple vip for 5041 will work... Any ideas?

 

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  • mikeshimkus_111's avatar
    mikeshimkus_111
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    Nov 07, 2013

    Hi,

     

    Persistent Chat 5041 isn't listed as a required HLB port for Lync 2013, which is why there's not documentation about it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398833.aspx

     

    I haven't tried load balancing it yet, but I will test it and add it to the list of feature requests to the solution (if it works, of course).

     

    thanks

     

    Mike

     

  • Sat_007_137271's avatar
    Sat_007_137271
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    Jan 13, 2014

    I ended up using DNS load-balancing for my Persistent chat pool, its working just fine.