1. Module 10: Network Load Balancing Cluster Administration

2. Overview Command Line Administration Programmatic Management Solutions Microsoft ® Application Center Server 2000

3.  Command Line Administration Wlbs.exe Commands Cluster and Host Commands Cluster Control Commands Setting Cluster and Host Operations Setting Rule-based Operations

4. Wlbs.exe Commands Wlbs.exe Command Line Syntax Wlbs.exe Commands Wlbs start Wlbs stop

5. Cluster and Host Commands Specifying Cluster Parameters Specifying Host Parameters Configuring Remote Options Remote Operations

6. Cluster Control Commands Cluster Command Example wlbs help DescriptionDescription Returns Help information wlbs query mycluster Queries the status of all hosts in mycluster wlbs ip2mac mycluster Displays MAC addresses corresponding to mycluster

7. Setting Cluster and Host Operations Drainstop Reload Resume Suspend

8. Setting Rule-based Operations Disable Drain Enable

9. Programmatic Management Solutions Network Load Balancing WMI Provider Using the WMI SDK Tools Microsoft Windows Scripting Host

10. Network Load Balancing WMI Provider CIM Object Repository Object Providers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Management Application Snap-In CIM Object Manager WDM Kernel Objects DMI Objects Win32® Objects Network Load Balancing DCOM WDMRPCWIN32MicrosoftNLB

11. Using the WMI SDK Tools Hosted in Web Browser, accessing WMI CIM data Allows interactive configuration of Network Load Balancing by writing to CIM database Execute methods to change state of the cluster Name Disable Drain DrainStop Enable Resume SetPowerState Start Stop Suspend Method Qualifiers… Object Qualifiers…

12. Demonstration: Using the WMI Object Browser

13. Microsoft Windows Script Host COM Objects Registry – File Associations Windows Scripting Host Cscript.exe Wscript.exe Scripting Engines VBScript, JScript Script Blah… Blah..Blah More blah C:\>test.vbs_ C:\WINNT\System32\cmd.exe

14. Demonstration: Examining and Executing Scripts

15. Microsoft Application Center 2000 Server Clients Internet Router Firewall Router Firewall Database Cluster Database Cluster Server A Server B Server C Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Web Cluster COM+ Application Cluster COM+ Application Cluster NLB CLB

16. Lab A: Network Load Balancing Administration

17. Review Command Line Administration Programmatic Management Solutions Microsoft Application Center Server