11.24. Load-Balancing Connection Objects
Problem
You want to evenly distribute connection objects between bridgehead servers in a site.
Solution
Using a command-line interface
To see what changes the command would make, run it without the
/commit
option. To actually make the changes in
Active Directory, use the /commit
option:
> adlb /server:<DomainControllerName
> -site:<SiteName
> [/commit] [/verbose]
Tip
This command is available in the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit.
Discussion
Bridgeheads can become overloaded or end up with too many connection
objects in relation to other bridgeheads in the domain. The Active
Directory Load Balancing (ADLB) tool allows you to balance the load
of connection objects among bridgehead servers within a site. The
Windows Server 2003 algorithms are much better than Windows 2000 for
load balancing connection objects across servers, but that process
happens only when new connection objects are added. You can use the
adlb
tool to load balance the connection objects
more efficiently at any time.
I recommend viewing the changes adlb
would make
first before using the /commit
option. It is
always good to do a sanity check to ensure adlb
doesn’t mess up your replication topology.
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