Search Again: Re: Running on two. From: Ross Markbreiter Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 Time: 10:03:00 pm >That is how it is set up. I was changing Servers and noticed that whaen the primary was off none of the Sites worked, thats why I was wondering about running two primary data servers so I would not have that problem. Ross >Hello Ross, > >Which one is listed first in the box in TCP/IP? Try (temporarily) >changing the order so that your provider's DNS is first, then disable >your primary server and see if your sites come up OK. > >If everything works as it should, your provider's DNS server should >find the information on your secondary server, and your sites should >come up quickly. > >>>>Hi, >>>>Can you run QDNS on two servers running primary data so if one goes >>>>down you will have the other. >>>>We are running two copies right now, one has primary one has >>>>secondary. One server was off with the >>>>Primary but the none of the sites came up. >>> >>>Running two primaries (with one license) technically violates your >>>license agreement, though running a primary and a secondary does >>>not. >>> >>>Regardless, there shouldn't be any effective difference - the >>>difference between primary and secondary is essentially transparent >>>to client applications and DNS resolvers (meaning that they can't >>>tell the difference). >>> >>>If you set your TCP/IP prefs to use other servers (such as your >>>provider's), do you still have the same problem of your sites not >>>coming up when the primary is down? My expectation is that, if your >>>secondary server is still operating normally, things should still >>>work. >____________________________________________________________________ >Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com >Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com >Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Re: Running on two. by andrew kagan on Oct 29, 1999 at 8:33:00 pm Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Oct 29, 1999 at 8:37:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Oct 29, 1999 at 8:47:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Oct 29, 1999 at 8:52:00 pm Re: Running on two. by andrew kagan on Oct 29, 1999 at 9:13:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Oct 29, 1999 at 9:23:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Oct 29, 1999 at 9:34:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Oct 29, 1999 at 10:03:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Nov 2, 1999 at 6:43:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Nov 2, 1999 at 7:17:00 pm Re: Running on two. by andrew kagan on Nov 2, 1999 at 7:41:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Peter Lalor on Nov 2, 1999 at 9:07:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Peter Bancroft on Nov 2, 1999 at 10:37:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Nov 2, 1999 at 10:46:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Nov 2, 1999 at 11:21:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Nov 2, 1999 at 11:30:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Nov 2, 1999 at 11:49:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Nov 2, 1999 at 11:54:00 pm Re: Running on two. by Ross Markbreiter on Nov 3, 1999 at 12:59:00 am Re: Running on two. by Men & Mice Support on Nov 3, 1999 at 1:19:00 am