Disaster Recovery test - DNS resolution question

[GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

We're in the midst of our first DR implementation test. Currently we're 
maintaining our dns server locally and have a BP who's hosting the 
hardware we restored our R6.5 data on. We can ping the remote server so we 
know were talking.

But were having a problem having users connect to Notes at the DR site. 

We want our users to not notice that the server is no longer on site,

Apparently R6.5.1 is smart enough to know when our local site is up that 
it won't even try to connect to the DR site. The only way we can force a 
connect (while the local site is up) is to do a file, database, open, and 
enter the IP address of the server at the DR site.

I'm not sure though, how to tell the notes clients that in the event that 
our local server is not responding that it should look for the server at 
the DR site. My thought is to enter Secondary Server info in the Advanced 
setting of my location document on my client in the hope that it will use 
it to refer to the DR site. If this works then I can use a desktop policy 
setting to roll this info out to the clients. I'm going to test this 
tonight.

Comments anyone?

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern
MIS Project Leader, Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer, RPG IV Programmer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
gkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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