Re: second domain controller

From: idsi (santhosh_at_idsigis.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:52:15 -0700

I could see the sysvol folder in the second_dc.
Their is no specific errors in the log files
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Can you check how DNS setting under TCP/IP is set on
second domain
>controller? Where does it point to? Does it point to
itself (to IP
>127.0.0.1) -- if it doesn't make it so.
>
>Can you also check that you can access \\second_dc\sysvol
share (does this
>exist) (replace \\second_dc with name of your second
domain controller)?
>Are there any errors in system and other logs on second
DC?
>
>Mike
>
>"idsi" <santhosh@idsigis.com> wrote in message
>news:3a6a01c48f88$c7ff5460$a301280a@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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