Browse printers in AD on clustered win2k3

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Hello guys,

I'm still having some problems with getting the printers to stay listed
in AD. I have 2 clustered win2k3 servers which are Active Directory
DC's for my network. The are clustered to deliver printserver. I set it
up according to the MS article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;278455 . There
is one problem, after a while ( within a day) users can't browse for a
printer in AD even if browse for a printer on the virtual server called
PrintServer. But when I failover the cluster to the other node the
printers become "browsable" for a while ( for a few hours). When the
printers are not visible, the user can still print and connect to a
printer by typing the full unc path \\printserver\hplaserjet6L.

.

Relevant Pages

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