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vrivoire_97090
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusMS 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.
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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
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusHere 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.