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Login to specific terminal server on tsfarm

Hi,

We have a terminal server farm with 3 terminal servers (2008), and we have the session broker for a load-balance.

My problem is, I will sometime log in to a specific server with rdp, without going through the farm, but what I understand, the session broker sends me to the server with smallest load.

(How) can I log in to (i.e.) server1 with rdp, without the farm sends me to server2?

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Peter
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You could always just RDP to the host name and not the NLBS cluster name.

Brian
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It didn't help.
We tried with the hostname (server1), the server ip of server1, and we created an alias in the DNS for the one of server for testing. Nothing helped.

When we connect to the server1 it is connects and logging in to server1 but when its loading finish, we are connected to server2.
//Peter
If you connect to the IP address of the node it will bypass NLBS.  Make sure you are connecting to the IP of the node and not the NLBS.

Brian
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"When we connect to the server1 it is connects and logging in to server1 but when it is loading finish, we are connected to server2"

We tested even connect with the ip for the server1 and the same thing happens.......

What I think, that efter logging in to the server1, then the session broker checks what server in the farm has the lowest session number and sends me to that server insted to stay server1.
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You must use the /admin switch. At the run command type mstsc.exe /admin. This will bypass the broker and direct you to the Terminal server you specify. If you create a shortcut, use %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe /ADMIN. Hope this helps.
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