Re: Server Crashing

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From: Vera Noest [MVP] (vera.noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 02/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:51:32 -0800

Well, yes, if 2 administrators are installing patches simultaneously,
you're likely to run into problems. The idea with the 2 concurrent
administrative sessions is that you really use only one, the second
one is mainly there to prevent you from being locked out of the
server when the first connection hangs or gets disconnected without
being terminated.
You can set a limit on the rdp-tcp connection and limit it to just 1
session, but remember that you then *can* lock yourself out. If you
do this, be sure to combine it with a short time-out limit on
disconnected or broken sessions, and reset the disconnected session.

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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"=?Utf-8?B?QmlsbA==?=" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:62F7AD25-4EA9-4BFA-8F55-A4BE36C8C638@microsoft.com:

> Vera-
>
> Thanks for the info. With Remote Desktop for Administration do
> you know if it can happen that 2 administrators access the
> server at the same time to install a patch or upgrade and it
> crash the server. Is there a way to set it up so that
> concurrent connections cannot occur? I understand VNC will not
> allow concurrent users and this is what we are using now. Any
> advice is appreciated.

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