Every Citrix Web Interface Server (WI) without any form of load balancing is a potential single point of failure in your environment. Network Load Balancing is available in both the Standard and Enterprise Editions of Windows 2008 so there shouldn’t be to many excuses for not implementing. This picture tutorial will take you through the process of creating a Network Load Balancing Cluster for your Citrix Web Interface Servers.
IP Address Overview :
winlb1.ctxlab.local 10.0.10.40
winlb2.ctxlab.local 10.0.10.41
nlb.ctxlab.local 10.0.10.42
Configure Citrix Web Interface :
- Assign static IP Address to both nodes in the NLB Cluster
- Install and create a Site on Citrix WI on Node A
- Install and create a Site on Citrix WI on Node B
- Customize, test and replicate WI Site from Node A to Node B
- RoboCopy c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix \winlb2\c$\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix /MIR
