Event id 8032 and dmz

I am receiving event id 8032 on my two sql cluster server that are in the dmz.
They are also in a workgroup not members of the domain.

"The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0814EE23-ED8D-411E-A862-E71A66664195}. The
backup browser is stopping."

As they are in the dmz they can't reach the dc that is normally our browse
master.
Can I just someway make one of the servern browse master and the other a
slave?

The first thing to look at is whether you actually need browsing in the
DMZ at all. How do the machines on the LAN connect to the SQL servers? Do
they need the SQL servers to show up in the browse list?

If you don't need the computer browser service in the DMZ you can simply
disable Netbios over TCP/IP on the servers in the DMZ.

You can prevent one server from becoming a master browser but I doubt
that it would end your problems. That error is usually a symptom of a major
problem with browsing in the segment. I would try using browstat to see what
is actually happening with the browser service on the DMZ.



"Paco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am receiving event id 8032 on my two sql cluster server that are in the
> dmz.
> They are also in a workgroup not members of the domain.
>
> "The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
> on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0814EE23-ED8D-411E-A862-E71A66664195}.
> The
> backup browser is stopping."
>
> As they are in the dmz they can't reach the dc that is normally our browse
> master.
> Can I just someway make one of the servern browse master and the other a
> slave?
>

This may be due to the fact that the cluster servers are
multihomed...
See http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?e...ROWSER&phase=1
for few comments about this event. Since they are in their own
workgroup there shouldn't be any need to reach the domain controller
and the establishment of who is the Master Browser should take place
through the default election algorithm (based on the "importance" of
each server).
I agree with Bill, chances are you don't need the "browsing"
capabilities on these servers as they are probably accessed by the SQL
clients directly through TCP/1433.

Adrian Grigorof
www.eventid.net

On Jul 16, 3:08*am, Paco <P...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am receivingevent id8032 on my two sql cluster server that are in the dmz.
> They are also in a workgroup not members of the domain.
>
> "The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
> on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0814EE23-ED8D-411E-A862-E71A66664195}. The
> backup browser is stopping."
>
> As they are in the dmz they can't reach the dc that is normally our browse
> master.
> Can I just someway make one of the servern browse master and the other a
> slave?

Thank you for the help.

I will check on this early next week.
The sql servers talk to a sql server in the domain.
But if as you say they only talk throught the sql.. I'll look into it.

"AGrigorof" wrote:

> This may be due to the fact that the cluster servers are
> multihomed...
> See http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?e...ROWSER&phase=1
> for few comments about this event. Since they are in their own
> workgroup there shouldn't be any need to reach the domain controller
> and the establishment of who is the Master Browser should take place
> through the default election algorithm (based on the "importance" of
> each server).
> I agree with Bill, chances are you don't need the "browsing"
> capabilities on these servers as they are probably accessed by the SQL
> clients directly through TCP/1433.
>
> Adrian Grigorof
> www.eventid.net
>
> On Jul 16, 3:08 am, Paco <P...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I am receivingevent id8032 on my two sql cluster server that are in the dmz.
> > They are also in a workgroup not members of the domain.
> >
> > "The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
> > on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0814EE23-ED8D-411E-A862-E71A66664195}. The
> > backup browser is stopping."
> >
> > As they are in the dmz they can't reach the dc that is normally our browse
> > master.
> > Can I just someway make one of the servern browse master and the other a
> > slave?
>
>