My question is about configuring NLB for SCCM management point. I have added two dedicated hosts to a windows 2008 NLB cluster. The status for the two hosts in NLB is converged. One of the hosts is working find and reports no error in the mpcontrol.log file whereas the second host reports following error in the mpcontrol.log MPCONTROL.log file Call to HttpSendRequestSync succeeded for port 80 with status code 200, text: OK SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Http test request succeeded. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Successfully performed Management Point availability check against local computer. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Call to HttpSendRequestSync succeeded for port 80 with status code 200, text: OK SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Http test request succeeded. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Successfully performed Management Point availability check against the IP Address of the NLB. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) GetNLBNodeAvailbilityState: the specified node state is invalid. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) GetNLBNodeStatusText: the specified node state is invalid. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Can not perform Management Point availability check against the Dedicated IP Address of this NLB node; the node is not 'Online'. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554) Initialization successfully completed within the allowed interval. SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER 8/17/2011 9:02:54 AM 5460 (0x1554)

Have you seen the below thread on which we had a discussion about same errors? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup/thread/477743c8-c1c6-48a3-9487-c8840eecc29d http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup/thread/f74a4c37-ff46-42ad-bd03-bb53047840d2 Anoop C Nair - This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Yes, I have performed all the actions listed in the first URL and the error remains. How can I validate that the load balancing is working as expected. Also, what is a load-balanced-url as described in the link below. http://load-balaced-url/SMS_MP/.sms_aut?MPLIST