Mixed Server Version Session State problem

[Brian Anderson]

I am experiencing session timeouts in an IIS 6 load balanced web farm. Some
of the servers have Standard Edition and others have Enterprise Edition.
Could this be the culprit? It is an Asp.net application (Site identifiers
are the same for the IIS website and the machine key has been set in the
machine.config across all servers.) I am using stateserver for sessions and
all servers are connecting to the state service ok. Anything else that I
missed?

TIA,

Brian

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Set the machine keys manually. That is your most likely problem. If the keys
are autogenerated, they are not the same and cannot be used for viewstate on
the other machine. You can also solve with sticky sessions, but it is easier
to change machine keys. There are sites that generate valid machine keys
that you can google.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

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"Brian Anderson" <Br************@email.comwrote in message
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>I am experiencing session timeouts in an IIS 6 load balanced web farm.
Some
of the servers have Standard Edition and others have Enterprise Edition.
Could this be the culprit? It is an Asp.net application (Site identifiers
are the same for the IIS website and the machine key has been set in the
machine.config across all servers.) I am using stateserver for sessions
and all servers are connecting to the state service ok. Anything else
that I missed?

TIA,

Brian

[Brian Anderson]

Thanks for the reply. The machine keys are manually set (to the same value
for the appropriate framework), and the site identifiers are the same.
Sticky sessions are not an option.

Thanks,

Brian

"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <No************@comcast.netNoSpamMwrote in
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Set the machine keys manually. That is your most likely problem. If the
keys are autogenerated, they are not the same and cannot be used for
viewstate on the other machine. You can also solve with sticky sessions,
but it is easier to change machine keys. There are sites that generate
valid machine keys that you can google.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

********************************************
Think outside the box!
********************************************
"Brian Anderson" <Br************@email.comwrote in message
news:e9**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>I am experiencing session timeouts in an IIS 6 load balanced web farm.
Some
of the servers have Standard Edition and others have Enterprise Edition.
Could this be the culprit? It is an Asp.net application (Site
identifiers
are the same for the IIS website and the machine key has been set in the
machine.config across all servers.) I am using stateserver for sessions
and all servers are connecting to the state service ok. Anything else
that I missed?

TIA,

Brian