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I have win2k server (server1) with connect direct (file transfer
application) which is very important to us.
I come up on idea for disastery recover scenario for that server and it goes
like this:
servers are identicall, model is same, DR server (server2) has mirror disk
from server1, that is they are completelly the same - same name, ip address,
HW...
servers used are hp Proliant DL380 G2 which is equiped with two on-board
NICs.
scenario is that server1 is in production with nic1 configured, for example,
with ip address 10.1.1.1 and nic2 with address 192.168.1.1
on the other side is server2 with same ip address on nic1 (10.1.1.1) but
different address on nic2 (192.168.1.2)
server1 nic2 and server2 nic2 are set to vpn connection.
both servers are powered on but server2 nic1 is disabled so collision with
"duplicated name exists on the network; ip address already in use" doesn`t
occur.
data replication (file transfer server remember) is scheduled every 15 or
even less minutes betwen server1 and server2 via nic2 interfaces.
why I need this to work is because DR server has to be configured with same
IP address, same computer account and if server1 fails I have to delete (or
reset) computer account for server1 in active directory, force directory
replication, rename server2 to server1, configure ip address, join server2
into domain and it all costs me 2 restarts and about 30-45 minutes of work.
now, the question is:
can i do this? I am afraid of collision between themselves (same computer
name) but i could go pass by it if I configure ip filtering on nic2 so only
ftp port is permited.
could tihs work?
what could be a problem?
tnx in advance
I have win2k server (server1) with connect direct (file transfer
application) which is very important to us.
I come up on idea for disastery recover scenario for that server and it goes
like this:
servers are identicall, model is same, DR server (server2) has mirror disk
from server1, that is they are completelly the same - same name, ip address,
HW...
servers used are hp Proliant DL380 G2 which is equiped with two on-board
NICs.
scenario is that server1 is in production with nic1 configured, for example,
with ip address 10.1.1.1 and nic2 with address 192.168.1.1
on the other side is server2 with same ip address on nic1 (10.1.1.1) but
different address on nic2 (192.168.1.2)
server1 nic2 and server2 nic2 are set to vpn connection.
both servers are powered on but server2 nic1 is disabled so collision with
"duplicated name exists on the network; ip address already in use" doesn`t
occur.
data replication (file transfer server remember) is scheduled every 15 or
even less minutes betwen server1 and server2 via nic2 interfaces.
why I need this to work is because DR server has to be configured with same
IP address, same computer account and if server1 fails I have to delete (or
reset) computer account for server1 in active directory, force directory
replication, rename server2 to server1, configure ip address, join server2
into domain and it all costs me 2 restarts and about 30-45 minutes of work.
now, the question is:
can i do this? I am afraid of collision between themselves (same computer
name) but i could go pass by it if I configure ip filtering on nic2 so only
ftp port is permited.
could tihs work?
what could be a problem?
tnx in advance