Siemens V4.0 manual Configuring Replication Partners

Implementing WINS Using WINS Manager

Configuration option Description

Database Backup Path Specifies the directory where the WINS database backups will be stored. If you specify a backup path, WINS automatically performs a full backup of its database to this directory. WINS also uses this directory to perform an automatic restoration of the database in the event that the database is found to be corrupted when WINS is started. Do not specify a network directory.

10.6.3 Configuring Replication Partners

WINS servers communicate among themselves to fully replicate their databases, ensuring that a name registered with one WINS server is eventually replicated to all other WINS servers within the network. All mapping changes converge within the replication period for the entire WINS system, which is the maximum time for propagating changes to all WINS servers. All released names are propagated to all WINS servers after they become extinct, based on the interval specified in WINS Manager.

Use the Replication Partners command in WINS Manager to configure replication partners and replication partner properties.

Choosing whether to configure another WINS server as a push partner or pull partner depends on several considerations, including the specific configuration of servers at your site, whether the partner is across a wide area network (WAN), and how important it is to propagate the changes.

Replication is triggered when a WINS server polls another server to get replicated infor- mation. This can begin when the WINS server is started, and is repeated based on the configured update count or time interval, or by using WINS Manager to start immediate replication.

Replication also is triggered when a WINS server reaches a threshold set by the adminis- trator. This is an update count for registrations and changes. In this case, the server notifies its pull partners that it has reached this threshold, and the other servers then can decide to pull replicated information.

It is always a good idea for replication partners to be both push and pull partners of each other. The primary and backup WINS servers must be both push and pull partners with each other to ensure that the primary and backup databases are consistent.

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