Re: Force the preferred Server for Users

The weight and priority would apply across the board unless your DNS weren't talking to each other and you were manually setting all of the values.

For instance, you have DC1 in site 1 and DC2 in site 2, how do you set a priority that says for site 1 people to use DC1 instead of DC2? You don't, priorities apply to everyone, it isn't site specific. You do site based loading based on the records registered by default, i.e. no records for dc2 in site 1 and no records for dc1 in site 2. Then if dc1 fails, the client asks for any DC which would be dc2 in site2.

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Jorge Silva wrote:
Hi Joe

If so, there is no preferred server setting. However, if these are truly in separate sites and you have your topology (sites and subnets) configured properly, this is how it should work automatically.

?? can't we use SRV priority and weigh to have a better control on this? If my memory serves me correctly I already tried this and I have the feeling that worked.

How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247811

How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314861



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