Please help on configuring two servers...

Hi,

I am task to installe 2 x Win2K3 SBS servers, let's call them primary and
secondary.

Both server will handle same data/accounts. If primary server fails, the
secondary server will take over without interruption to the users. Is that
possible? If so, is there any step by step guide available to acomplish
this?

Thanks in advance,
Garry

Hey... I'm just guessing, but I think that requires some kind of High
Availability software.
I'm pretty sure Win2003 Stnd or R2 doesn't do it.

Hello Garry,

You can use clustering for this, but clustering requires Windows 2003 Enterprise
edition. Also you can only have one SBS in n a domain. Not possible to use
2 SBS servers. It is by design that the SBS DC has to hold the FSMO roles
and in one domain this you can not have doubled.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.

> Hi,
>
> I am task to installe 2 x Win2K3 SBS servers, let's call them primary
> and secondary.
>
> Both server will handle same data/accounts. If primary server fails,
> the secondary server will take over without interruption to the users.
> Is that possible? If so, is there any step by step guide available to
> acomplish this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Garry

Thanks guys, will consider all your advice and raise it up to my boss.

Regards,
Garry

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello Garry,
>
> You can use clustering for this, but clustering requires Windows 2003
> Enterprise edition. Also you can only have one SBS in n a domain. Not
> possible to use 2 SBS servers. It is by design that the SBS DC has to hold
> the FSMO roles and in one domain this you can not have doubled.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am task to installe 2 x Win2K3 SBS servers, let's call them primary
>> and secondary.
>>
>> Both server will handle same data/accounts. If primary server fails,
>> the secondary server will take over without interruption to the users.
>> Is that possible? If so, is there any step by step guide available to
>> acomplish this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Garry
>
>