Reset Network Load Balancer Connection Pool
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Published on 2009-06-22T15:32:57Z
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I am currently working on load testing a web application on a virtual machine cluster. I am looking for a way to flush the connection pool / NLB cache so that it is like each machine connecting to the NLB is connecting for the first time and doesn't get directed back to the node that it was on last time.
This a Windows 2003 Server cluster, behind a Microsoft software based Network Load Balancer.
Additional Information: To do the load testing I'm using virtual machines, one for each node on the cluster. Somehow I got two virtual machines connecting to the same node and I'm looking for an easier way to reset those connections without going in to the NLB Manager and stopping and starting each node on the NLB.
Update: We went ahead and changed the affinity on all of the nodes of the cluster to none. Now it's a non-issue.
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