CCF settings for Windows Server NLB cluster

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You can install CCF 2009 on a Windows Server NLB cluster. In order to make sure clients always experience acceptable performance levels, you can install CCF on a Windows NLB Server cluster to ensure that you can add additional servers to scale out stateless applications as client load increases. In addition, it reduces downtime caused by servers that malfunction.

To install CCF server on a Windows Server NLB Cluster:

  1. On the Windows Server NLB Cluster machine, run the CCF 2009 SP1 Installer.

  2. In the Welcome window, click Next.

  3. In License Agreement window, read the End User License Agreement, select the agree button, and click Next.

  4. In the Customer Information window, enter the User Name and Organization and click Next.

  5. In the Installation Environment window, select the Install CCF Components and click Next.

  6. The Custom Setup screen is displayed.

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  9. In the Custom Setup screen, select the components required.

  10. Optionally, you can change the installed path by click on Change and choosing an alternative path.

  11. Note

    You should not change the default path for Web Services component (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot</strong>).

  12. Click Next to display the installation prerequisite check dialog box.

  13. The installation checks for the availability of prerequisites and displays a report. The prerequisites that are not available are marked with an error symbol. Ensure you have all the prerequisites installed and click OK.

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  15. The Server Configuration screen is displayed.

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  18. In the Server Configuration window, enter the server information as follows and click Next:

    • IIS Server Name: Enter the local machine name (and not the cluster name).
    • Domain Name: Enter the domain name of the NLB cluster.
    • SQL Server: Enter the SQL cluster name.

  20. In the CCF Services – Application Pool screen, enter the password for ASPUSER and click Next. ASPUSER is the domain account that is used to run the Application Pool in IIS. In case you are using a different domain account, enter the user name and password appropriately.

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  22. In the Ready to Install screen, click Install to start the installation.

  23. The Post Installation Scripts screen is displayed after the installation is complete.

  24. Click Next in the Post Installation Scripts screen to complete the installation.

  25. Click Finish.

Repeat the procedure for each node in the NLB farm.

Disabling NLB support for MCE Web Containers

Optionally, you can disable NLB support for MCE web containers using a flag in the MCE application configuration file. You can disable the NLB support for MCE web containers in scenarios where symmetric NLB is not required for MCE web container. For more information about MCE configuration, see the CCF 2009 SP1 Development Guide.

To disable NLB for MCE:

  1. Open the application configuration file (web.config).
  2. In the configuration file, add a section for Global Settings.
  3. In the <GlobalSettings> section, add a key “NLBSupport” and set it to “false”. Following is an example of the completed section:
<Microsoft.Ccf>  
  <Ccf.Mce>
      <GlobalSettings>
        <add key="NLBSupport" value="false" />
      </GlobalSettings>
  </Ccf.Mce>
</Microsoft.Ccf>

See Also

CCF settings for Windows Server NLB cluster – Silent installation