Re: Licensing, failover and redundancy

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From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:15:40 +0200

Hi David,

You can have additional domain controllers with SBS, but you will have to
set them up with plain W2K3 server media, you cannot use SBS media for that.
You don't need extra W2k3 server CAL's for that DC, SBS will cover that. The
W2k3 server will consume 1 CAL. 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
"David" <david@nospam.dwynn.demon.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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> Can anyone please clarify the situation regarding 2003 SBS in relation to
> licensing and lack of support of multiple domain controllers. I have set
up
> a 25 user network with SBS and have come to a hurdle with regards
providing
> server fail over on a single domain. I have a second server which I wish
to
> become the domain controller should the main server fail and I was assured
> that my current SBS and licenses would allow this. I have, however, so far
> failed to sucessfully test the configuration as the secondary server shuts
> down after a number of days with a licensing reason code. Firstly, can SBS
> support a configuration where a secondary domain controller takes over on
> failure of the primary? , and secondly, does a standard single server. 25
> user license allow it. If yes to these questions, how in the hell do I
> configure them?
>
>

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