How to: Configure Microsoft Nework Load Balancing (NLB) in a Virtualized Environment for Windows 2008 R2 on a Cisco Switched Network
Firstly, can I make this blog post’s title any longer? Yes, I didn’t include that I am doing this for SharePoint 2010, so thanks for the smart-alecked thoughts subconscious! Scenario: Using VMware vSphere 4.0 server to host Windows 2008 R2 64bit Servers which host SharePoint 2010 Server and looking to use Microsoft’s NLB. Set up NLB in mulitcast mode as recommended by everyone in the blogosphere and some different Microsoft articles and viola! It works… until 5 minutes after implementation…