Configuring Cisco HSRP
KB ID 0000946 Problem Cisco HSRP: Normally your client machines have one route off the network, (their default gateway). But what if that goes down? HSRP aims to solve this problem by assigning a ‘Virtual IP address’ to your default gateway (or default route). So that IP can be shared amongst two or more possible devices (routers, or layer 3 switches). Above, we have a client 192.168.1.10 that has two possible routes off...
Windows Server – Locating, Transferring, and Seizing FSMO Roles
FSMO Roles KB ID 0001257 Problem I’ve written about transferring and sizing FSMO roles, (Flexible Single Master Operations) before, see the following article; Transferring Your FSMO Roles Now you have a PowerShell Commandlet to help ‘Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole’. FSMO Roles : Solution As before you can view your FSMO role holders, by using the following command. netdom query fsmo To transfer them to...
Locate your FSMO Role Servers
KB ID 0000221 Problem You would like to know which servers are holding which roles. To move your FSMO Servers CLICK HERE Solution FSMO Servers There are five FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) Roles that need to Exist in a Windows AD Forest. PDC Emulator (One per domain) RID Master (One per domain) Schema Master (One per forest) Domain Naming Master (One per forest) Infrastructure Master (One per domain) But I’ve Googled...