Browser service

[gilles.benoit]

Getting several Event ID 8021 on a couple of servers
every 2 hours most of the 24 hour period. All servers
including PDC, BDC's ,Master Browser and Backup Browsers
are connected to 2 network segments, one used for backups
and the other for the hundred of hosts.

The browstat status utility shows 1 Master Browser and 3
backups on both segments for the same Domain, not
necessarily the same.

Any suggestion on how to avoid these messages '8021, The
browser was unable to retreive a list of servers from the
browser master on the network \device\netbt_tcpip_
{card_id}.
Rgds

 

[Matt Hickman]

Getting several Event ID 8021 on a couple of servers
every 2 hours most of the 24 hour period. All servers
including PDC, BDC's ,Master Browser and Backup Browsers
are connected to 2 network segments, one used for backups
and the other for the hundred of hosts.

This can happen when the Master Browser is multihomed. There
are several potential solutions.

1. Turn off NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) on the NIC cards servicing the
subnet used for backup.

2. Prevent the multihomed servers from becoming master browsers by
disabling the browser service or editing the registry.

The following link may also be helpful:
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q135/4/04.asp&NoWebContent=1

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