Troubleshooting Network Load Balancing

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 with SP1

  • The following tools can be used to troubleshoot NLB clusters:

    • Event Viewer.

    • NLB.exe Display & Query Commands.

    • Ping.exe.

    • Network Monitor.

    • Network Monitor parser for NLB (part of Windows 2000 Server resource kit)

      Refer to KB article 280503 for more information.

    • Performance Monitor

      CPU Load

      Network Interface: packets/sec

      Web Service: connection attempts/sec.