Windows 2003 Domain

[Muhammad Aasim Zia]

we have windows domain controller Primary and Additional
My Primary domain goes down due to HW fail
Additional domain can’t take over please help what was the problem

Primery Domain = Windows 2003 Ent
Additional Domain = Windows 2003 Standard


MAZ

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

so you have 2 domain controllers for one domain, in NT/200 domain there was an primary and backup domian controller, in the 2003/2008 are both of the domain controllers primary, but the domain roles could be only on the first and if the first fail, could be transfered to the secondary ( backup ) controller.

http://www.zdnetasia.com/techguide/disasterrecovery/0,39044895,39369024,00.htm

http://geekswithblogs.net/mhamilton/archive/2007/04/15/111674.aspx

mikap