Why not build a round robin DNS entry for a few GC's, and set the TTL to something insanely short, like 1 minute? If you're able to specify the server by name, there's no reason you can't overcome that limitation.
That being said, there is still a high degree of old school mentality in the telecom arena, and this sounds like yet another example. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: prontomail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:15 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: OWA and Voice Mail > > > GC!. That's THE keyword. GC. It depends heavily on ONE GC. It > does NOT know > how to seek and use other available GC for its lookups. It has to be > hard-wired to just one. This would be fine for a one-site, > small network. > But, in my Multi-Site, multi-GC, Multi-network environment, > this has been > nothing but a PITA. > > That's my primary gripe. Recovery from failure is an exercise > in voodooism.. > Of course, your experience may vary. > > Deji > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clemens, Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:12 PM > Subject: RE: OWA and Voice Mail > > > > We are currently using Unified Messenger 4.1 in our Exchange 5.5 > environment > > and fixing to migrate to Exchange 2000 in two weeks. This > means that > > Unified messenger will have to utilize the GC instead of > Exchange 5.5 > > Directory. Sounds like you are having problems with > this....anything I > > should know? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: prontomail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:04 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: OWA and Voice Mail > > > > > > .... And it's crappy ..... at least in my environment. > Barfs really loud > > anytime I have to do any maintenance on my GC. Does not > know HOW to look > for > > other available GC. Really clumsy to recover from. I'll stop here. > > > > Deji > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:25 PM > > Subject: RE: OWA and Voice Mail > > > > > > > Its called Octel Unified Messenger, and is currently sold > by Avaya, > > > who > > has > > > the old Lucent (and before that AT&T) PBX hardware business. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Orban [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:51 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: RE: OWA and Voice Mail > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw something similar that worked with Outlook (not OWA), > > > > developed by a third party for Expanets, who took over > the sales end > > > > of Lucent Technologies. You might want to check with > Expanets about > > > > that. I can't > > > > remember the company who developed it now, but when I called > > > > them directly > > > > they refered me back to the reseller. > > > > > > > > John Orban > > > > System Administrator > > > > The Country School > > > > www.countryschool.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Clemens, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:45 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: OWA and Voice Mail > > > > > > > > > > > > Please excuse my ignorance on this topic but about 2 years ago I > > > > went to a Hands-on Lab for Exchange 2000 and in OWA > they had this > > > > media tool that > > > > played voice messages on the web page itself. You just > > > > clicked a button to > > > > download and install. > > > > > > > > I currently have Exchange 2000 running and I cannot > find anything > > > > like that in OWA.....Is it something that is thirdparty > or something > > > > that you download > > > > separately or am I in a bad dream and just need to wake up? > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > List posting FAQ: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Archives: > http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > List posting FAQ: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Archives: > http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
