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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
    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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As an additional update, it does not matter if I use the NPath iApp or build a virtual server. If I map to the printer directly through the print server, I have no issues, when trying to map through the F5, either via NPath or virtual server, I get an error on the Print Server using Wireshark stating, OpenprinterEx reponse, invalid printer name. it doesn't matter if I add it through the VIP or DNS name, I always get this issue.

 

Thanks.

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Jul 11, 2019

Andrew,

 

I made some changes to my Virtual Server and my window servers. I made the two changes you have mentioned above and tweaked the registry more and I was able to get the printer to print! Yay!

 

I am going to start from scratch once more with the Windows Server to see exactly what I need for the windows server. I will also post up my configuration from the F5 just in case.

 

Thank you for the help. I can now start working on actual testing!