add a Secondary Active Directory Server Option
Most windows server programs will let you set a secondary server option, where you can add a second IP for the backup and if the first one is overloaded or completely down, it will use the backup. This is very helpful as our AD server is not only for plastic, and apparently gets overloaded often, but the backup controls all the overflow. I feel this would not be the most difficult update and would be very helpful for atleast my situation.
Evan Malmud
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Evan Malmud
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If it is the duty of the OS and the main server goes down, the OS isn't constantly checking for the AD. It only need the AD when logging in. Seems like an easy fix to a problem I was having where plastic would not be able to find our AD server for some reason, but if I set our secondary server as the AD server that plastic used then everything worked fine.
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Shouldn't this be handled by the OS itself? I mean, while certainly not difficult, I guess switching to a backup AD server should be a duty of the OS, not an app.