Its not all that easy, is it? A few things. First - your backup server can be dual homed as well, but needs to have a way to do all name resolution so it and only it finds the servers on the back network. Probably the easiest way is to just connect via IP address.
Second - a hub is going to be slower than a switch. In fact, a 10mb switch is faster in general than a 100mb hub. Third - is your backup window short enough (in other words do you need 24x7 availability for your systems) to justify not using the production LAN? ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Aspindle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:17 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: MultiHomed Problems - WINS? stuff..... > > > Hi, > All this WINS Stuff is really interesting.... and maybe > whilst fresh in peoples minds could help me configure my net..? > > I have W2K servers , 3 DCs , running Ad in Mixed Mode..., > rest are stand alone... > > All servers have 2 Net Cards. > "Primary Net Card" is 10.195.*.* > "Secondary Net Card is 10.196.*.* > > The 10.195.*.* are connected directly to 100Mb Switch..... > The 10.196 cards are connected to a Seperate Physical HUB... > which is NOT connected in any way to 10.195... > > The primary idea being to have a LAN and what I termed a BAN > (Backup Area Network) - so that I can Backup the servers > across a seperate Physical link , and not load the LAN with > Backup Traffic... > > Also connected to the 10.196 HUB is a stand alone Server > running the Backup Software - currently ARCSERVE... > > My problem is that the BACKUP server can't seem to be a > member of the 10.195 W2K Domain...and regularly looses > connections with the servers... > > For a First question... > > Q1) Does this seem like a Viable config? > ie) No Backup traffic can flow across > 10.195......(physically or higher up...) > > or > Q2) Am I wasting my time? > I have about 1Terabyte to backup, in different guises, > both to tape ,disk etc...., rotational,full,incrementals etc.. > > Any help would be great. > Thanks > Steve > > > > > > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
