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Advance Server 2000 Domain Setups

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by bmoss

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Hello,
I am in the process of installing Windows 2000 Advance Server onto a COmpaq CL380 Cluster unit. However, as this is to be a cluster server, what should I look to setup first? By this I mean do I setupthe first node of the cluster fully with DHCP,DNS,WINS etc and then setup the second node as a domain controller as well and add the DHCP,DNS,WINS etc? What about the naming of the cluster server and when do I do this? I have setup the first node with the DNS,DHCP,and WINS sevices but hte second node could not locate the first what can the problem be? If you know a very nice site or reference that I can go to to look up this information can you let me know? I have tried the Microsoft site but was unable to locate anything with regards to the necessary steps involved in setting up such a server.

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by matt duggan

You are better off not using the cluster as a domain controller, since it can be flakey during failover.

Q259267 discusses cluster planning, and is pretty good (for getting a basic idea of how to approach things).

If you search Technet for "Windows 2000 Web Server Best Practices for High Availability", you'll find a really handy article about general planning for clustering - it's another good starting point.

Incidently, if the second node couldn't see the first nodes applications, make sure both boxes are talking to the shared Quorum correctly, and can see each other through IP.

by whatme?

On your first DC, once up and running, Go into DNS and set up a forward and reverse zone for your each of your other segments. Also add them as subnets.
Next bring each other server at each site to Be DC. Install GC on each as well
That should dotit
Merv

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