Requirements to use NLB

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Shuff

I just want to verify if you need to configure Windows
Clustering as a requirement to use NLB.

Currently we have 2 systems that are running a clustered
Oracle App (which is nothing like clustering within
windows as far as I can see) and we want to use NLB to
balance the traffic. They do not want to setup a Windows
cluster and I am pretty sure we have to in order to do
what they want. Can anyone verify that for me? I didn't
find a definitive "Yes" in any of the articles on the MS
site or through a google search.

Shuff
 
You cannot use Windows Cluster services and NLB on the same box. So to
answer your question, if the Oracle app is not currently running on a
Windows Cluster server you should be able to configure NLB on it. However, I
have no idea how the Oracle app is currently clustered so I cannot tell you
if NLB will function correctly with whatever clustering method being used.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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