It is getting on a bit now, don't forget! On 21 April 2010 22:40, Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fair enough - if correct though, your right XP is stupid. > > Gavin. > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Michael B. Smith > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That’s the way it works in Vista/Win7. I’m not sure that’s the way it >> works in XP. I think that XP is stupid - if it gets a response from a >> server, it uses that one server throughout an entire boot cycle. >> >> >> >> This is just a vague memory though. I’ve not supported XP in several >> years. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Michael B. Smith >> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> >> >> >> >> *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:30 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Domain controllers, what is supposed to happen. >> >> >> >> Surely though if you have a pri and secondary DNS server, that after DNS1 >> times out on resolution then DNS2 will then be queried? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Carol Fee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> +1 on that. I think if the XP workstation had been rebooted, it would >> have been just fine. >> >> >> >> *CFee* >> >> *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:24 AM >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> >> *Subject:* RE: Domain controllers, what is supposed to happen. >> >> >> >> It’s possible that XP may require a reboot before it retires an >> unreachable DNS server. I dunno. But it should work just fine. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Michael B. Smith >> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> >> >> >> >> *From:* Reimer, Mark [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:15 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Domain controllers, what is supposed to happen. >> >> >> >> Sorry, long email. >> >> >> >> Windows 2003 Native Domain, two domain controllers, server1 and server2. >> Workstations are primarily XP, some Windows 7. Other servers (file server, >> email etc) are all Windows 2003. We have about 150 workstations. >> >> >> >> We have AD DNS, and WINS. Server1 has FSMO roles Infrastructure Master, >> PDC Emulator, RID Master. Server2 has FSMO roles Domain Naming Master, >> Schema Master. Both are GC’s. >> >> >> >> In the DHCP settings workstations get both server’s IP’s as DNS. Server2 >> is listed first, then server1. Primary WINS server is server1, secondary is >> Server2. >> >> >> >> Last night Server1 went down. It was off hours, but I got a call from some >> late night worker (using XP), saying they couldn’t do anything. Couldn’t >> reach any of the servers, or internet. I was able to get the server going >> again (bad memory chip, so I just took it out). >> >> >> >> I thought that if one server went down, the DNS/WINS look up would go to >> the other server. But it might be slower (note, I didn’t try any of this, >> just going on what the user said). Comments? >> >> >> >> If I didn’t get Server1 running again, what should I have done? I assume I >> should do the following. >> >> >> >> 1. Seize the FSMO roles from server1, and put them on server2. >> >> 2. Change DHCP so Primary WINS server is server2. Maybe even take >> out Server1 as DNS/WINS possibilities. >> >> >> >> Then work on getting Server1 running again, or replacing it. >> >> >> >> Did I miss anything? >> >> >> >> Thanks for any help and insight you can give. >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gavin Wilby, >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby >> GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Gavin Wilby, > Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby > GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk > > > > > > -- Kind regards, Andrew Levicki ルビッキー アンドルュー Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist on Windows 7 MCITP Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows Server 2003 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) ITILv3 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
