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How to configure DR server
Hi,
I've got a production system which uses a web front-end server (IIS) and connects to a SQL database server.
There's now a requirement to replicate the above config at our DR site. There's no requirement for warm standby, as long as the clients can connect to the DR servers within 4hrs of fail.
How can this best be achieved? The SQL database is backed up using TDP so it would be a manual SQL restore into the DR server. But how best to configure the actual failover to the DR site for the clients as they would be pointing to the production environment IP addresses etc.
Hope this make sense!
Thanks.
I've got a production system which uses a web front-end server (IIS) and connects to a SQL database server.
There's now a requirement to replicate the above config at our DR site. There's no requirement for warm standby, as long as the clients can connect to the DR servers within 4hrs of fail.
How can this best be achieved? The SQL database is backed up using TDP so it would be a manual SQL restore into the DR server. But how best to configure the actual failover to the DR site for the clients as they would be pointing to the production environment IP addresses etc.
Hope this make sense!
Thanks.
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Other options include using something like Double take or CA - XOsoft to allow a duplicate to be created offsite and synced in real time, so that you can Fail over to the DR site using the SAME IP/ name etc as the original
Not cheap, but good to have.
I hope this helps !
Not cheap, but good to have.
I hope this helps !
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Thanks for all your help. I will go with the DNS alias option as cost is also an issue.
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