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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. ...
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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

     

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Stefan_Klotz
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May 04, 2011
Hi Meena,

my question was not if SNAT is technical required, but if it's also working with SNAT enabled.

As I mentioned in my previous post, MS printing service has nothing to do with nPath routing. Based on the findings with the destinationIP in the TCP header and data part, the only requirement is the loopback adapter on the print servers.

I tested this with my server guy and I can confirm now, that it is still working with basic and default Loadbalancer settings, following is our current setup:

virtual mltprtp01 {
   destination 10.10.10.10:any
   snat automap
   translate service enable
   persist source_addr
   pool printer_cluster_mltprtp01
   vlans Productie enable
}
I also get confirmed from the server guy, that he is not using the two mentioned Registry tweaks. The print servers are running on w2k3.

Maybe this is helpful and interesting for someone else as well.

Ciao Stefan üôÇ