Guest Guus Ellenkamp Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 I have two domain controllers. If one of them is switched off, the other does not seem to take over. What could be wrong?
Guest Chuck Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 RE: Domain not available In Windows 2000 and 2003, PDC and BDC doesn't exist anymore but there is 5 roles (FSMO Roles) that are managed by a DC. By default, the first DC of the forest and domain manage all roles. 2 roles are for the forest 3 roles for the domain Here you can find more informations about it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801 Chuck "Guus Ellenkamp" wrote: > I have two domain controllers. If one of them is switched off, the other > does not seem to take over. What could be wrong? > > >
Guest Robert L [MVP - Networking] Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: Domain not available To have windows domain redundancy, you should have 2 DCs with the global catalog role. Also make sure you have two DNS server for the redundancy. This post may help too, Why does my network crash ...Post Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: Q & A: Why does my network crash when 1 DC goes down? Reply with quote ... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?=&p=546 Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Guus Ellenkamp" <Ellenkamp_Guus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uMhRMB30HHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... I have two domain controllers. If one of them is switched off, the other does not seem to take over. What could be wrong?
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