Thursday, September 24, 2009

Configure BIND DNS to Answer Active Directory Queries

How to configure BIND DNS to Answer Active Directory Queries ...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/Configure_BIND_DNS_to_Answer_Active_Directory_Queries

Quick Setup:
If you have an Address Record (A) that identifies your server name like this:

dc1.example.com. A 111.222.333.444

Then your SRV records for this DC would be as follows

_ldap._tcp.example.com. SRV 0 0 389 dc1.example.com.
_kerberos._tcp.example.com. SRV 0 0 88 dc1.example.com.
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.example.com. SRV 0 0 389 dc1.example.com.
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.example.com. SRV 0 0 88 dc1.example.com.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

HA “Deepdive”

Article at http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/ very deeply describe VMware HA functionality.

Article clearly explains:
  • Primary and Secondary nodes
  • Isolation Response
  • Slot sizes/Admission Control
  • Advanced settings