2 DC's - what if one goes down

[HelpPls]

Hi all -

I have 2 DC's in my environment (1 W2K, 1 W2K3). If one DC goes offline,
will my XP Pro clients who were authenticated by the now off-line DC be
required to log-off, log back on?

Thanks - Sean

 

[Tomasz Onyszko]

Hi all -

I have 2 DC's in my environment (1 W2K, 1 W2K3). If one DC goes offline,
will my XP Pro clients who were authenticated by the now off-line DC be
required to log-off, log back on?

no

 

[ee99ee]

no

They will, however, see an annoying "hang" of their system... I hate
when that happens (to me, not users ).

-ee99ee

 

[Enkidu]

They will, however, see an annoying "hang" of their system... I hate
when that happens (to me, not users ).

They will? Why? This should not happen.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Just to jump in -

You might want to consider making both DCs a Global Catalog Server as well
as a DNS Server and make sure to update your DHCP Options to reflect both
DNS Servers ( Option 006 ).

The Global Catalog Server point will help if you use Exchange 2000 /
Exchange 2003. Assuming that you have only one GC in your environment if
the one DC that is the GC goes down then you will experience some "Outlook"
issues.

HTH,

Cary

 

[Tomasz Onyszko]

Enkidu wrote:

They will? Why? This should not happen.

I also didn't notice this in my network

 

[HelpPls]

All -

I just wanted to say thanks for all the advice. I will be demoting the W2K
DC tonight and let you know if something goes sour.

Thanks again - Sean