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   You should though there is clustering software for this purpose that =
would probably be more appropriate.

Rich

  "Ellen K."  wrote in message =
news:jmpk91ps7mqev59btj3aan8o3hh9is5boc{at}4ax.com...
  Do you think I could use this for hot failover?   I.e. have a standby
  SQL Server box with the boot partition cloned and full transactional
  replication of the database and if the production box fails just =
change
  the IP address of the clone?

  On Sun, 29 May 2005 00:54:56 -0700, "Rich"  wrote in message
  :

  >   Yes and Windows 2000 too.  What probably has gotten better are =
applications that register to be notified of network configuration =
changes and respond so that they don't need to be restarted.  =
NotifyAddrChange and NotifyRouteChange, two such APIs, were introduced = in
Windows 2000.
  >
  >   I'm curious why George had to reboot unless he was running a third =
party network service that did not include support for address changes.
  >
  >Rich
  >
  >  "Ellen K."  wrote in message =
news:bpmi915js372v2p66g453g1ogsrlmvlieg{at}4ax.com...
  >  Does that also apply to Server 2003?  Because that would solve one
  >  important issue I have at work.
  >
  >  On Sat, 28 May 2005 12:56:59 -0400, Mike N. 
  >  wrote in message :
  >
  >  >On Fri, 27 May 2005 16:47:16 -0400, "Geo."
 =
wrote:
  >  >
  >  >>Ok so how about listing some of the features you think makes XP =
worth
  >  >>upgrading to?
  >  >
  >  >  To me, just being able to change the IP address without =
rebooting makes
  >  >it worthwhile.  Sometimes 2000 would be able to do this, but most =
of the
  >  >time I had to reboot.

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   You
should though there is =
clustering=20
software for this purpose that would probably be more =
appropriate.
 
Rich
 

  "Ellen K." <72322.1016{at}compuserve.com&g=">mailto:72322.1016{at}compuserve.com">72322.1016{at}compuserve.com&g=
t;=20
  wrote in message news:jmpk91ps7mq=
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  you think I could use this for hot failover?   I.e. have a=20
  standbySQL Server box with the boot partition cloned and full=20
  transactionalreplication of the database and if the production box =
fails=20
  just changethe IP address of the clone?On
Sun, 29 May 2005 =

  00:54:56 -0700, "Rich" <{at}> wrote in
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BR>>  =20
  Yes and Windows 2000 too.  What probably has gotten better are=20
  applications that register to be notified of network configuration =
changes and=20
  respond so that they don't need to be restarted.  =
NotifyAddrChange and=20
  NotifyRouteChange, two such APIs, were introduced in Windows=20
  2000.>>   I'm curious
why George had to reboot =
unless=20
  he was running a third party network service that did not include =
support for=20
  address
changes.>>Rich>> 
"Ellen K." =
<72322.1016{at}compuserve.com&g=">mailto:72322.1016{at}compuserve.com">72322.1016{at}compuserve.com&g=
t;=20
  wrote in message news:bpmi915js37=
2v2p66g453g1ogsrlmvlieg{at}4ax.com...> =20
  Does that also apply to Server 2003?  Because that would solve=20
  one>  important issue I have at =
work.>>  On=20
  Sat, 28 May 2005 12:56:59 -0400, Mike N. <mike{at}u-spam-u-die.net>&g=">mailto:mike{at}u-spam-u-die.net">mike{at}u-spam-u-die.net>&g=
t; =20
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  >On Fri, 27 May 2005 16:47:16 -0400, "Geo." <fake{at}barkdom.com>">mailto:fake{at}barkdom.com">fake{at}barkdom.com> =
wrote:> =20
  >>  >>Ok so how about
listing some of the =
features you=20
  think makes XP worth> 
>>upgrading to?>  =

  >>  >  To me, just being
able to change the IP =
address=20
  without rebooting makes>  >it
worthwhile.  =
Sometimes 2000=20
  would be able to do this, but most of the> 
>time I had =
to=20
  reboot.

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