Re: second domain controller

From: Chriss3 [MVP] (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:27:25 +0200

Are the clients Pre-Win2k? 

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"Idsi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:01ca01c48f8a$893f91c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Yes the servers and client have the dns entries of  both
> the servers.
> appreciate a quick response
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Are both the first and second controller listed as DNS
> Servers at the
> >clients and other servers.
> >
> >-- 
> >Regards
> >Christoffer Andersson
> >Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> >
> >No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
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> >http://www.chrisse.se - Active Directory Tips
> >
> >"idsi" <santhosh@idsigis.com> skrev i meddelandet
> >news:392101c48f88$639a3030$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> My Scenario:
> >>
> >> I installed my first domain controller ( Windows 2003
> >> Standard Edition )with AD, DNS and DHCP.
> >> Then i installed Windows 2003 standard edition on
> another
> >> computer then used the wizard to add the AD role and to
> >> have this second computer as the additional domain
> >> controller. Once i had done that during login i was
> >> prompted to login to the first server ( so i thought it
> >> was good ). Then i found that their was no DNS settings
> on
> >> the second server. So i configured the DNS using the
> >> wizard and added it as the second DNS server but by
> coping
> >> from the first. After that i could see all the entries
> of
> >> the DNS in the first server in the second server.( I
> >> thought now everything looks good )
> >> The purpose of my second server was that if my first
> >> server is down or out of network, the second server
> should
> >> have the same functionality of the first server.
> >>
> >> Problem:
> >> Once i shut down my first server
> >> Some clients couldn't get authenticated from the second
> >> server, but some get authenticated. Even if they get
> >> authenticated they couldnot use any LAN resources.
> >> In the second server i noticed that Active Directory
> users
> >> and computers cant be accessed.
> >> What am i doing wrong?
> >> Appreciate a quick response
> >> I have DHCP running only in the first server.
> >> But i have given static ips to both the first and second
> >> server.
> >> So i am still wondering whether i did something wrong
> >> during the AD installation or DNS in the secondary
> server.
> >> I also checked the Global catalog under NTDS Settings
> for
> >> the second server under Active Directroy Sites and
> >> Services.
> >> Actually i have a very small network and i really dont
> >> require a dhcp.
> >> I have all my local users using a static ip ( private )
> >> Domain name is not a public domain name.
> >>
> >> when i do a ipconfig/all on my clients i could see both
> >> the ips listed under DNS
> >>
> >> My clients can get authenticated to get into windows
> when
> >> the first server is down. But they cant access any
> >> resources on the lan, not even connect to the second
> >> server ( but can be pinged to the server ). One thing i
> >> noticed is that if i login as local administrator in the
> >> client machine then i am able to access the resources on
> >> the second server or any client machine which has logged
> >> in as local administrator. But if i try to map any drive
> >> of any other lan resources, it doesn't get authenticated
> >> with any of the domain users.
> >> Also i noticed that in the second server if i try to
> >> access Active directory Sites and Services then it gives
> >> an error -  Naming information cannot be located
> because:
> >> The specified domain either does not exists or could not
> >> be contacted. Contact your administrator to verify that
> >> your domain is properly configured and is currently
> online.
> >>
> >> What all tests and configurations i should do on the
> >> second server to ensure that it was installed properly
> to
> >> serve as a back up server when the first server is down.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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