Adding Additional Nodes to an Existing NLB Cluster

After an NLB cluster is created, additional nodes can be added to it. To add nodes to an existing cluster, follow these steps:

1. Open Network Load Balancing Manager on the original node and click the Cluster menu, and select Connect to Existing.

2. When the Connect page opens, type in the hostname of a cluster node in the cluster that will have nodes added to it. For this example, the hostname is NLBNODE1. Type in the server name and click Connect to retrieve a list of all NLB clusters running on the specified host. Select the desired cluster, and click Finish to connect to it.

3. Back in the Network Load Balancing Manager window, in the tree pane select and right-click the cluster, and select ...

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