On Wednesday 21 January 2004 23:23, Michael Hendry wrote:
> We also have a second server running SQL Server to which the clinical
> server makes hourly backups, and which copies these backups into its own
> SQL Server database shortly afterwards.
>
> Our client PCs have the standard icons to access the clinical server,
> but if this server goes down we simply click on alternative icons to
> work from the failover server.
er ... if the main server goes down, why not have one person click on one icon
which causes the standby server to change its name (and/or IP address) to
that previously used by the main server...
Then restart the applications on the clients using the single set of icons for
accessing the clincial server.
?
You can probably do it automatically possibly involving DHCP, but one click
isn't too bad.
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