Two DC's question

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I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of
which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot be
authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the
network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ??
Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
 
Re: Two DC's question

Probably your DNS is on server A?

Do you have DNS on server B?

You should setup DNS on the second server and add it to the list of DNS
servers on your AD clients.


hth
DDS

"Dave Mc" <DaveMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of
> which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot
> be
> authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the
> network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ??
> Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
 
RE: Two DC's question

Hi Dave Mc,

The problem is not FSMO roles. I think in this case you should check your
dns settings first. Is B server a DNS server? If it is, are the clients
pointing also to B DNS server?

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"Dave Mc" wrote:

> I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of
> which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot be
> authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the
> network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ??
> Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
 
Re: Two DC's question

Hello Dave,

Make sure that you have DNS server running on both DC's with AD integrated
zones and that the workstations configured to use both DNS servers. Not needed
for logon in your environment setup, but i would also make both DC's Global
catalog.

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> I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B)
> both of
> which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users
> cannot be
> authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B",
> the
> network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ??
> Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
 
Re: Two DC's question

You should make sure that SERVER B is a Global catalog server as well to
allow logon authenication if SERVER A down

"Dave Mc" <DaveMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28E2D2B8-4712-4683-8C39-DC564D9BC4CF@microsoft.com...
>I have a very small network (15 workstations) with 2 servers (A, B) both of
> which are DC's. "A" has all fsmo roles. When "A" goes down, users cannot
> be
> authenticated thru "B". I thought, even with no fsmo roles on "B", the
> network would still be pretty much functional when a DC went down ??
> Is there something fundamentally wrong with my network ?
 
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