Windows 2000 SBS question...

[peteygnyc]

Here is my situation...I need to know how and if this could be done...
I have a Primary Windows 2000 SBS server at a client site. I also have a Windows 2000 server as a backup. My questions is this. I know with SBS, you cannot have a PDC/BDC setup, so how would one go about setting up a fail-over server? We need to have these servers running simultaniously and if one fails, the other kicks in with minimal to no intervention on our part. Including the Netbios naming issue, how would one go about implimenting this?
-Pete

 

[markdmac]

You can set the second server as a DC and GC to help offload some of the duties of the SBS server regarding logon authentication, however SBS needs to be the FSMO role holder. It is not designed to support failover, so you are really out of luck.

Were the SBS to go offline you would loose email and sharepoint anyway and depending on your version ISA and SQL too. So about the only thing you would have any access to would be files on the second server anyway unless you have purchased second copies of Exchange, SQL etc.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[peteygnyc]

What exactly is a GC? I know what a DC is, but not the GC.
Mainly, we setup a Veritas solution that takes all of the drive info each night and not only backs up the primary, but pushes it to the backup server. This backup server is only going to be used in an emergency.

-P

 

[markdmac]

A GC is a Global Catalog.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark