RE: [ActiveDir] Multihomed Domain Controllers

[Kevin Brunson]

Title: Multihomed Domain Controllers

The one gotcha I have seen (only once though), was that somehow multihoming a 2000 DC corrupted a couple of registry keys.  I think KB 888048 appeared a few days after the 8 hour phone call with MS.  Basically the dc no longer had a DNS name.  Needless to say that caused problems.  But as long as you know which registry keys to change if it goes bad, you should be fine.  I have seen a multitude of multihomed domain controllers since with no issues. Kevin Brunson   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Green Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:43 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Multihomed Domain Controllers   Hi,      First posting to this list but I've lurked quite a while and I've been very impressed by the quality of replies by the gurus. My question is regarding the advisability of having multihomed DCs. Basically I want to run backups over a separate GbE and as my servers have dual inbuilt NICs this seems an obvious route to take. I know there are some issues with DNS (I have a DNS integrated AD). Would this cause replication problems, etc ? Any other "gotchas" ?                           Many Thanks, --- Jeff Green Network Support Manager SAPIENS (UK) Ltd t: +44 (0)1895 464228 f: +44 (0)1895 463098 "I dream of hover cars and old transistor radios ... She dreams of flowers in a field of sunny bungalows" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this email and document(s) attached are for the exclusive use of the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged and non-disclosable information. If the recipient of this email is not the addressee, such recipient is strictly prohibited from reading, photocopying, distribution or otherwise using this email or its contents in any way. Please notify the Sapiens (UK) Ltd. Systems Administrator via e-mail immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED], if you have received this email in error. Disclaimer: The views, opinions and guidelines contained in this confidential e-mail are those of the originating author and may not be representative of Sapiens (UK) Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------