Mks IT ramblings: Configure an RD Session Host Server to Join a Farm in RD Connection Broker

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Configure an RD Session Host Server to Join a Farm in RD Connection Broker

Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host)

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LinkId=83477.To configure RD Connection Broker settings

On the RD Session Host server, open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. To open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.
In the Edit settings area, under RD Connection Broker, double-click Member of farm in RD Connection Broker.
On the RD Connection Broker tab of the Properties dialog box, click Change Settings.
In the RD Connection Broker Settings dialog box, click Farm member.
In the RD Connection Broker server name box, type the name of the RD Connection Broker server.

Note

The RD Connection Broker server is the server where you installed the RD Connection Broker role service.

Note
The RD Connection Broker server is the server where you installed the RD Connection Broker role service.

In the Farm name box, type the name of the farm that you want to join in RD Connection Broker.

Important
RD Connection Broker uses a farm name to determine which servers are in the same RD Session Host server farm. You must use the same farm name for all servers that are in the same load-balanced RD Session Host server farm. If you type a new farm name, a new farm is created in RD Connection Broker and the server is joined to the farm. If you type an existing farm name, the server joins the existing farm in RD Connection Broker. Although the farm name in RD Connection Broker does not have to be registered in Active Directory Domain Services, we recommend that you use the same name that you will use in DNS for the RD Session Host server farm. The RD Session Host server farm name in DNS represents the virtual name that clients will use to connect to the RD Session Host server farm. For more information, see Configure DNS for RD Connection Broker Load Balancing.

Important

RD Connection Broker uses a farm name to determine which servers are in the same RD Session Host server farm. You must use the same farm name for all servers that are in the same load-balanced RD Session Host server farm. If you type a new farm name, a new farm is created in RD Connection Broker and the server is joined to the farm. If you type an existing farm name, the server joins the existing farm in RD Connection Broker.
Although the farm name in RD Connection Broker does not have to be registered in Active Directory Domain Services, we recommend that you use the same name that you will use in DNS for the RD Session Host server farm. The RD Session Host server farm name in DNS represents the virtual name that clients will use to connect to the RD Session Host server farm. For more information, see Configure DNS for RD Connection Broker Load Balancing.

Click OK to close the RD Connection Broker Settings dialog box.
To participate in RD Connection Broker Load Balancing, select the Participate in Connection Broker Load-Balancing check box.
Optionally, in the Relative weight of this server in the farm box, modify the server weight. By default, the value is 100. The server weight is relative. Therefore, if you assign one server a value of 50, and one a value of 100, the server with a weight of 50 will receive half the number of sessions.
Verify that you want to use IP address redirection. By default, the Use IP address redirection setting is enabled