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RDS "farm" without RD Connection Broker

we planning small "farm" rds (ws 2008 r2) rd web access, rd session host , remoteapp installed on 2 equal serveres. clients access apps, not rdp console. we want use 3.party component (f5 bigip) loadbalancer , redundancy clients connect to. dont want use rd connection broker (single point of failure , need 1 more server). is possible ? any suggestions ? hi, in regards post, afraid must use rd connection broker role on @ least 1 server use f5 bigip. refer pdf document (page 5- describe must use rdcb role f5 bigip) states use of f5 bigip remote desktop service here providing link understand more clearly. 1.  how deploy rdweb access rd connection broker 2.  overview of rd web access hope helps! thanks. Windows Server  >  Remote Desktop Se...

Cluster Shared Volumes question

just question on accessing cluster shared volumes. if have 3 nodes running hyper-v , csv quorum disk. node 3 owner of csv disk, create new vm on node 1 , create fixed size disk, 50gb it. looking @ network traffic on node 1 see csv network utilizing 50% , iscsi @ 0%. looking @ current owner, node 3, see same traffic on csv adapter , utilizes iscsi interfaces runnining in round robin failover. so question, way should work or have wrong in testcluster. understanding 3 nodes, 2 of them direct io, should able write iscsi san owner manages metadata , filesystem. mcitp server administrator mcts configuration manager mcts operations manager blog: http://www.nixadmins.net twitter: mats_hellman if csv in "redirected mode" traffic goes across wire through owner node. otherwise should direct. (at least how understand it) i going toss on cluster forums see learn htere. brian ehlert (hopefully have found useful) http://itproctology.blogspot.com learn. apply....

Contradicting Reports

i have 2 reports i run on monthly basis. after running these 2 reports found on the report 1 computers listed had 0 in needed column. when ran report two i had 1 computer show needed 11 updates. when looked @ report 1 computer not listed. why machine not show in first report??????? report 1 report type - tabular update classification - classification products - product groups - run 1 each group have created include computers status of - installed/not applicable, needed, failed report 2 report type - detailed update classification - classification products - product groups - run 1 each group have created include computers status of -  needed, failed any ideas?!?!?!!??!!? if machine reporting in first report , not second, indicate correctly reported "not applicable", consistent statement "it no longer needed patches". wouldn't in log; machine appears reporting correctly. lawrence garvin, m.s., mcitp(x2), mcts(x5), mcp(x7), mcbmsp principal/cto, onsite technol...

Disable self update search, windows update agent.

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hi, i want disable self update windows update agent. when scan control panel, machine checks self updates times. want disable feature. self update check should skipped , rest of scan should proceed normally. is there registry entry or gpedit option so. informative links can do. thanks , regards, suraj k. following log shows setup component work of self update: 2014-10-28 16:56:42:798 1040 1634 agent ************* 2014-10-28 16:56:42:798 1040 1634 agent ** start **  agent: finding updates [callerid = automaticupdates] 2014-10-28 16:56:42:798 1040 1634 agent ********* 2014-10-28 16:56:42:798 1040 1634 agent  * online = yes; ignore download priority = no 2014-10-28 16:56:42:798 1040 1634 agent  * criteria = "isinstalled=0 , deploymentaction='installation' or ispresent=1 , deploymentaction='uninstallation' or isinstalled=1 , deploymentaction='installation' , rebootrequired=1 or isinstalled=0 , deplo...

WSUS does not seem to be working

hello,   installed new wsus server in our environment , although settings seem working, others not , test clients not getting or pulling updates. have no idea is. followed best practices step-by-step , nothing. still test clients have exact same info of 0% installed/not applicable 1 , status of not yet reported , other machine has 99% installed/not applicable , 7/26/12 2:06 pm last status report date.   weird thing new wsus server , targetgroup names appear in client computer's registry under hklm\software\policies\microsoft\windows\windowsupdate , in au subkey inside windowsupdate key, see settings applied on gpo. here see:   auoptions - 4 autoinstallminorupdates - 1 detectionfrequency - c (12) detectionfrequencyenabled - 1 includerecommendedupdates - 1 noautorebootwithloggedonuser - 1 noautoupdates - 0 rebbotrelaunchtimeout - f (15) rebootlaunchtimeoutenabled - 1 rebootwarningtimeout - f (15) rebootwarningtimeoutenabled - 1 resche...

DHCP PXE Help

i trying enable pxe 060 option within dhcp on windows server 08 box. option not available. shows on other box's have seen. please , appreciated. hi,   if have installed wds, can configure setting on dhcp tab of wds properties:   open wds console, expand server, right-click wds server , click properties. on dhcp tab, check box before “configure dhcp option 60 ‘pxeclient’” , click ok.   tim quan technet subscriber support in forum if have feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ please remember click “mark answer” on post helps you, , click “unmark answer” if marked post not answer question. can beneficial other community members reading thread.     Windows Server  >  ...

Group policy acts unexpectedly

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hello, i trying solve problem in domain environment. out of ideas. company decided force specific sceensaver , custom power management. i set showed in attached file, there problem. random computers starts sceensaver sooner, shoul , on other random computers taskbar in win 7 pro dissapers - not hide, dissapears. start button remains in place. may ask help? thanks hello, i trying solve problem in domain environment. out of ideas. company decided force specific sceensaver , custom power management. i set showed in attached file, there problem. random computers starts sceensaver sooner, shoul , on other random computers taskbar in win 7 pro dissapers - not hide, dissapears. start button remains in place. may ask help? thanks user configuration (enabled) policies administrative templates policy definitions (admx files) retrieved local machine. control panel/personalization policy setting comment enable screen saver enabled ...