Managing NLB Clusters

An NLB cluster can be managed using the Network Load Balancing Manager from a local cluster node or from a remote machine with the Remote Administration tools installed. Network Load Balancing can also be managed using the command-line tool NLB.exe and by using some of the new Windows PowerShell commands included with Windows Server 2012. Using the NLB Manager, a node can be added, removed, or suspended from cluster operation to perform maintenance, including hardware or software updates. Because data is not replicated between cluster nodes, any data that is required by all nodes in the cluster either needs to be replicated to each node or the application needs to be configured to access data on a system that is not in ...

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