TN3270 Server LUA Pool Use Should Load Balance Across Servers (185446)
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This article was previously published under Q185446
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SYMPTOMS
If an LUA Pool is defined with LUA LUs owned by more than one SNA Server,
and that LUA Pool is assigned to an SNA Server TN3270 Service, the TN3270
Service will exhaust all sessions owned by the local SNA Server before
attempting to open LUs owned by other SNA Servers.
CAUSE
This behavior is by design.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 4.0.
However, an update to SNA Server 4.0 is available to allow load balancing
of TN3270 sessions across available SNA Server computers. This problem has
been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for SNA Server version 4.0.
For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
MORE INFORMATION
Although this behavior is by design, there have been requests to support an
option for TN3270 that allocates LUA sessions across SNA Servers which own
LUs from the pool, so that load balancing of session use across multiple
SNA Server computers can occur.
Note that this feature does not provide TN3270 client load balancing across
more than one TN3270 server. That function must be provided by the TN3270
client or possibly the TCP/IP name service being used. If this
functionality is needed, SNA Server provides transparent client load
balancing across SNA Server computers using its native 3270 interface. For
additional information about SNA Server load balancing, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
128244 SNA Server Load Balancing and Hot Backup
For additional information about shared LUA pool use by more than one
TN3270 server, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
182139 LUA Pool Cannot Be Assigned to Two TN3270 Servers
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After this update is applied to the SNA Server where the TN3270 Service is
running, the following registry entry must be set to enable TN3270 load
balancing behavior:
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services
\TN3270\Parameters ReslocFlags: REG_DWORD: 1
1 = "load balance" across SNA Server computers
0 = default if not defined (old behavior - try local server first)
If the ResLocFlags registry entry is set to 0x01, TN3270 will alternate
between SNA Server computers when attempting to open an LUA pool. This will
cause the session load to be shared among SNA Server computers who own LUs
from this LUA pool.
After this update is applied and the ResLocFlags entry is set, the SnaBase
service and TN3270 service must be restarted for the change to take effect.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/22/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbnofix kbprb KB185446 |
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