Guest Dave Mc Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot be authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ?? Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
Guest Danny Sanders Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 Re: Two DC's question Probably your DNS is on server A? Do you have DNS on server B? You should setup DNS on the second server and add it to the list of DNS servers on your AD clients. hth DDS "Dave Mc" <DaveMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:28E2D2B8-4712-4683-8C39-DC564D9BC4CF@microsoft.com... >I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of > which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot > be > authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the > network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ?? > Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
Guest Masterplan Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 RE: Two DC's question Hi Dave Mc, The problem is not FSMO roles. I think in this case you should check your dns settings first. Is B server a DNS server? If it is, are the clients pointing also to B DNS server? -- Have a nice day! http://winmasterplan.blogspot.com "Dave Mc" wrote: > I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of > which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot be > authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the > network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ?? > Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 Re: Two DC's question Hello Dave, Make sure that you have DNS server running on both DC's with AD integrated zones and that the workstations configured to use both DNS servers. Not needed for logon in your environment setup, but i would also make both DC's Global catalog. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) > both of > which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users > cannot be > authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", > the > network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ?? > Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
Guest bramblewood@nospam.postalias Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 Re: Two DC's question You should make sure that SERVER B is a Global catalog server as well to allow logon authenication if SERVER A down "Dave Mc" <DaveMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:28E2D2B8-4712-4683-8C39-DC564D9BC4CF@microsoft.com... >I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of > which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot > be > authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the > network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ?? > Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
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