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vrivoire_97090
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Oct 29, 2008

MS Print servers

Hi all,

 

 

I am planning to use my new F5 LTM to load balance Windows Server 2003 print servers. For the moment, it doesn't work for me: I can see the shared printer but I can't map it.

 

 

Has anayone already "played" with LTM & MS print servers ?

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Vincent

 

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  • Christopher_Boo's avatar
    Christopher_Boo
    Feb 05, 2014

    Here's the new link to the guide for creating the WMI monitor. As I recall it was pretty straightforward. I'm even using the same interval and timeout. Looking at my monitor properties, the only thing I see that is different is my alias service port is 3389 and the external program path is /usr/bin/monitors. Also, you'll need to enable remote WMI requests on the win2k8 boxes if not already enabled.

     

    Monitoring WMI Services from Big-IP

     

  • Christopher_Boo's avatar
    Christopher_Boo
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    Dec 03, 2008
    No. I'm trying to get it working with Win2K print servers. Seeing the same issues as you. I'll post in this thread if I make any progress.

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    Chris
  • Christopher_Boo's avatar
    Christopher_Boo
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    Dec 03, 2008
    Here is a link to another thread on this forum where a user got this working. I'll play with it more tomorrow.

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=5&postid=30480&view=topic

     

  • Christopher_Boo's avatar
    Christopher_Boo
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    Mar 17, 2009
    Here are my rough notes for a W2K print server environment....Configuring Windows Printing using Big-IP

     

     

    Special Hardware Requirements

     

     

    Separate physical disk for spooler and swap file

     

     

    Ethernet Gb

     

     

     

    Special OS Requirements

     

     

    Big-IP

     

     

    Performance Layer 4 Virtual Server with Npath Routing

     

     

    TCP only

     

     

    No SNAT, address translation, or port translation

     

     

    FastL4 Print Protocol proile (Loose Close Enabled, TCP Close Timeout 51 seconds)

     

     

    Default Persistence Profile is Source Address

     

     

    Health Monitor (TCP port 515 only, Interval 10 seconds, Timeout 31 seconds)

     

     

     

    Wintel Servers

     

     

    Must Configure a Loopback Adapter with IP of virtual server on all nodes

     

     

    Loopback adapter metric set to 2

     

     

    Registry Edits -

     

     

    Disable Strict Name Checking

     

     

    Locate and click the following key in the registry:

     

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

     

    On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:

     

    Value name: DisableStrictNameChecking

     

    Data type: REG_DWORD

     

    Radix: Decimal

     

    Value: 1

     

     

    Disable Loopback Check

     

     

    1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

     

    2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:

     

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

     

    3. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

     

    4. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.

     

    5. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.

     

    6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

     

    7. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.

     

     

    Configure Optional Names (the DNS Name of the Virtual Server)

     

     

    Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters,

     

    then create the OptionalNames value, you can enter a list of names.

     

    Restart the computer, and the server will then respond to any of the names you listed.
  • meena_60183's avatar
    meena_60183
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    Jun 16, 2009
    Can someone tell me how to set the loopback adapter metric to 2?

     

     

    My server guys tell me that there is no such option.

     

     

    Meena
  • reddy_51986's avatar
    reddy_51986
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    Jan 03, 2011
    HI,

     

     

     

    Could any one can help, i am planing to implement Win2k8 print services with Big-IP LTM,

     

     

    could you kindly share the implementation steps or guide.