Biggest benefit has been in cleaning up the inevitable corruption that happens with WINS. Try cleaning corruption on 20 WINS servers (been there, done that. Gave the T-Shirt to the homeless).
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 8:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > Roger, > > 100% concur on this. We've pared our 'old world' WINS design from 27 > WINS to 3 - one at each major data center with Push/Pull between each. > With the addition of the more stable and reliable Win2k WINS, life has > gotten much simpler in regards to WINS name resolution. > > Rick Kingslan - Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000] > Microsoft Certified Trainer > MCSA, MCSE+I - Windows NT / 2000 > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology > is indistinguishable from magic." > --- Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > Roger Seielstad > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:42 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > I'd be interested in hearing what has led you to that conclusion. > > > > I've done it both ways, and the best experience I've had to > > date has been > > 90+ offices, totalling probably 4000-5000 machines, with 3 > > WINS servers. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Penland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 4:00 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > My experience tells me to run wins on the PDC / (select)BDCs > > > at the primary > > > and BDC per remote location. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:00 PM > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > 2-3 MAX for the network. That's poor design putting one per DC. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Dennis Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:52 PM > > > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok I forgot to add that the servers that WINS is > running on are > > > > > all domain controllers. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:44 AM > > > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe, but you should still test it, that the user > > needs to be > > > > > a local admin on the WINS server to have those privledges. > > > > > > > > > > Just restrict that privledge and it should word > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > > > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > > > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > > > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Dennis Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:43 PM > > > > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone: > > > > > > We would like to control who has the ability to make > > > > > > modifications to WINS, like adding static entries, > > tombstoning > > > > > > bad records,....etc. We have deployed Active > > Directory DC's to > > > > > > several nationwide offices and want to be able to > > delegate this > > > > > > control to local administrators without making them > a domain > > > > > > admin. There is a built in group called DNS Admins > > that allows > > > > > > this kind of functionality and you can set > permissions on DNS > > > > > > zones so that only certain accounts can add/delete zone > > > > > > entries...etc. but there is no > > > > > > corresponding WINS admin group. Does anyone know of a way > > > > > > to accomplish this kind of delegation of control for WINS? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide, > > > > > > > > > > > > D Meyer > > > > > > System Administrator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================= > > > > > > This email and its contents are confidential. 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