Jeff at K2

Q: Secondary Active Directory Server

Hi,

 

I'm running a file server on 10.11.4 and authenticate to AD on Win2012r2.

 

I have set up a secondary AD server in case the primary one goes down because, well, Windows.  But I'm not sure how my file server should automatically find the secondary DC.  Do I just add a network DNS address with the backup server's IP to the file server's Network preferences?  It looks like I cannot bind to a second AD Server in the Directory Utility, so that's the only way I can see to do it. Am I missing something?

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

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Posted on Jul 6, 2016 7:08 AM