Trying to set the 'LoadBalancingPolicy' and failing

[Stu_McHugh]

I'm trying to set the load balencing policy but just starting with the 'Get' first.  the commmand line I'm trying to use is:

Get-VMHost -Name Serv1.withers.net | Get-VirtualSwitch -name vSwitch1 | Get-NicTeamingPolicy -loadbalancingpolicy

I get the following error message:

Get-NicTeamingPolicy : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'loadbalancingpolicy'.

Any idea's?

[LucD]

That should be

Get-VMHost -Name Serv1.withers.net | Get-VirtualSwitch -name vSwitch1 | 
Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Select LoadBalancingPolicy

In the Get-NicTeamingPolicy cmdlet there is no parameter called LoadBalancingPolicy. But the LoadBalancingPolicy is a property in the returned object.

[Stu_McHugh]

Hi Luc,

After the 'Select' I don't have the option of  'LoadBalancingPolicy'

I have a list such as, Debug, error action, errorvariable, etc.

[Stu_McHugh]

Oh! Hang on!  PowerGUI is lieing to me!

[LucD]

The Select, which is short for Select-Object, allows you to pick the properties from the object that you want to display.

Fully written that should be

Get-VMHost -Name Serv1.withers.net | Get-VirtualSwitch -name vSwitch1 | 
Get-NicTeamingPolicy | 
Select-Object -Property LoadBalancingPolicy

[Stu_McHugh]

OK......

So to set it, what I'm I doing wrong with this?

Get-VMHost -Name Serv1 | Get-VirtualSwitch -name vSwitch1 | Set-NicTeamingPolicy -LoadBalancingPolicy LoadBalanceIP

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You will first have to 'get' the teaming policy.

Like this

Get-VMHost -Name Serv1 | Get-VirtualSwitch -name vSwitch1 | 
Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Set-NicTeamingPolicy -LoadBalancingPolicy LoadBalanceIP

[Stu_McHugh]

Excellent! Thanks Luc!

[svisen]

Hi Stu ,

i have an similar scenario,

one esxi server  running 3 identical os and having identical configuration,i want to test and implement Load balencing in such a way that,

want to bind all of the 3 vm , in case my one or 2 vm gets down  ihave the 3rd vm to process the request.

can you please guide me with this as i am new to load balencing stuff.

--

Thanks

Svisen

[LucD]

Hi Svisen, I'm not sure I get the question.

Are you talking about teamed NICs on a switch ?

[svisen]

Hi Lucd,

I want an test environment to be created with 3 vm of windows running on one server hosting esxi 5.0.

I have an application installed on all the 3 vm , each identical with application or simply an clone rather, and i have an application deployed on the virtual machine

now as  i want that all the 3 vm should share an common IP ,so that when ever one or two server goes down the request should be processed by the 3rd server.

I dont was to use apache load balencing or OS clustering , i want to configure  load balencing using ESXI features, to which i am unawre to how to do it .please guide am new to the clustering.

--thanks