[Info-vax] Externally authenticated users

[Syltrem]

"Michael D. Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam.> wrote in message 
news:7YSdnVBp2OWZzPjUnZ2dnUVZ_s_inZ2d at earthlink.com...
>
> The LDAP/AD integration works well.  I just wish HP would allow multiple 
> LDAP servers, so when you're doing the monthly MS updates, you can still 
> authenticate.
>
> Mike.
>
>

We don`t install Windows patches unless they fix a problem we are facing.
Actually the same applies for VMS except we install the priority 1 patches 
when we get a chance (usually once a year).
Windows patches often create new problems so we stay away from them.

Have you thought of creating an alias name which points to 2 IP addresses ?
I don't really know how to do it for the windows servers (our net admin 
would know) but we do this for our VMS servers. People never connect to a 
physical address but to to an alias. If a machine is down they just get 
redirected to another server.

Example:
APPSRV = NODE1 or NODE2.
People (and applications) connect to APPSRV.
No one connects to NODE1 or NODE2 directly.

When I'm finished testing LDAP here I will certainly do this before going in 
production.

HTH
Syltrem