How To Handle Web Client Session State in an Application Center 2000 Cluster (286279)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Application Center 2000
This article was previously published under Q286279 SUMMARY
Application Center 2000 does not replicate client state, including Active Server Pages (ASP) session variables, between cluster members. If you are using ASP session variables or otherwise storing client session state on your Web server, you must either redesign your application to store client session state off of the Web server (recommended) or take steps to guarantee that clients will always use the same server for an entire session.
REFERENCESFor additional information on ways to design your application to maintain state without using session variables, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
175167 How To Store State in Active Server Pages Application
If your applications use COM components, you may have to redesign them as well. For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
243548 INFO: Design Guidelines for VB Components Under ASP
There is a general discussion of session state management on the following MSDN Online Web Workshop site:
The October 2000 edition of MSDN Magazine includes an article on how to store session state on Microsoft SQL Server, "Taming the Stateless Beast: Managing Session State Across Servers on a Web Farm":
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/1/2004 |
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