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Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:15 PM
Hi, i have a domain server running in a virtual machine and when windows updates it reboot the computer putting the system offline and all devices that are connected to the network are unable to connect to the internet after that. what my plan is to have another server in my room and have it act as a fail over encase the main server goes offline. my main server is a 2012 R2 server and what i want to do is use 2003 or 2008 without R2 as the fail over. How can i do this?
Dudefoxlive
Monday, April 18, 2016 5:33 AM ✅Answered
Hi Dudefoxlive,
>>what i want to do is use 2003 or 2008 without R2 as the fail over.
Each of them could achieve the goal.
You could install DNS role on the server, and configure the zones.
Then, on client, configure your domain server as Preferred DNS server and the other server as Alternate DNS server.
When the domain server is down, the clients would query the alternate DNS server if they failed to get response from the Preferred one.
Best Regards,
Leo
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Monday, April 18, 2016 9:12 AM
is their a way that i man mirrior them so if a change is made to one it gets changed to another or do i need to set it up as a new DNS Host??
Dudefoxlive
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 8:15 AM
Hi Dudefoxlive,
After you build a new host and install DNS role, add a secondary zone on the new host. And enable zone transfer on your domain server.
All the changes made to the zone would be replicated to the zone on the new host.
Best Regards,
Leo
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