Why you Can't Run Multiple SBS 2003 Servers?

iQubed — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:06:26 GMT

Hi,

I was discussing why multiple SBS 2003 servers couldn't be run on the same subnet on the sbs2k Yahoo Groups. I suggested that some clues lay in the Swing process which was developed by Jeff Middleton MVP. Okay, we all argued and some said you could and it was only a DHCP issue and we went around in some circles until Jeff's reply put the definitive statement on the matter. I thought his reply was so important and so well detailed that I reproduced it on my blog

Does this guy know his stuff or what and how he's managed to bring all this together and then explain it to fellow IT Professionals, is nothing short of a minor miracle. He was at a Birmingham SBS Meeting a little while ago and he's a cool guy as well and buys people beers (out of his own money!). Anyway, we all know that we can't run multiple SBS 2003 Servers in the same domain/subnet but this really does describe why, what happens if you do and some clarifications on the Swing process which I hadn't realised before.

I hope this helps clarify some of the limitations involved, it certainly helped me.

Cheers,

Vijay