Adrian Midgley wrote:
> 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.
Don't think NT allows you to change the name of a server.
This could be regarded as a useful security feature, otherwise
unthinkable in a M$ product.
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Michael
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