So how many DC's do you have? What is your DIT size like to warrant going through all this trouble? Are there other applications that you need to backup on the DC's that are requiring full backups of all your DC's. With most environments getting the system state from a DC/GC in each domain should be enough to allow you to do whatever authoritative restores that you need. Now if you have other apps that you need to do a large data backups of then this may be required. Yes you can do multiple nic's on DC's and quite a few organizations do however it definitely would not fall under best practices for Domain Controllers.
Kurt Falde Premier Field Engineer Northeast Region Microsoft Corporation -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Multihomed Domain Controllers In the year 2006.. I hope we are still not making host file entries on servers and workstations.... :-) Peter Johnson wrote: > You might want to then create entries in the host file on the backup > server so that you guarantee that the backup server always uses the > right network connection. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Robert > Rutherford > *Sent:* 12 July 2006 12:57 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] Multihomed Domain Controllers > > > > No issues, if you... > > > > Go to the TCP/IP settings of the backup network card, click advanced, > goto the DNS tab and untick register the connection in DNS. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > *Robert Rutherford* > *QuoStar Solutions Limited* > > > The Enterprise Pavilion > Fern Barrow > Wallisdown > Poole > Dorset > BH12 5HH > > > > > > > > > *T:* > > > > +44 (0) 8456 440 331 > > *F:* > > > > +44 (0) 8456 440 332 > > *M:* > > > > +44 (0) 7974 249 494 > > *E: * > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *W: * > > > > www.quostar.com <http://www.quostar.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > **From:** [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Green > *Sent:* 12 July 2006 11:43 > *To:* [email protected] > *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. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? http://www.threatcode.com If you are a SBSer and you don't subscribe to the SBS Blog... man ... I will hunt you down... http://blogs.technet.com/sbs List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
