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Implementing WINS
10.6 Using WINS Manager
To use WINS Manager, both Advanced Server and WINS must be running. Use WINS
Manager to view and change parameters for any WINS server on the network for which you
have Administrator privileges. WINS Manager Help is organized to provide information for
each of the specific administrative and configuration tasks that you need to perform to
manage WINS servers. See WINS Manager Help for specific task lists and instructions.
10.6.1 Viewing WINS Server Status
WINS Manager allows you to view administrative and operational information about WINS
servers. When you open WINS Manager, the title bar shows the IP address or computer
name for the currently selected server, depending on whether you used the address or
name to connect to the server. The right pane displays basic statistics about the selected
WINS server.
For detailed information about the fields displayed see Windows NT Help.
10.6.2 Configuring WINS Servers and WINS Client Behavior
You will want to configure multiple WINS servers on your network to increase the availability
and balance the load among servers. When using multiple servers, each WINS server
should be configured with at least one other WINS server as its replication partner. You
should have multiple WINS servers installed on your network for the following reasons:
To distribute NetBIOS computer name query and registration processing load.
To provide WINS database redundancy, backup, and disaster recovery.
Configuring a WINS server includes specifying information about when database entries
are replicated between partners. A pull partner is a WINS server that pulls in replicas of
database entries from its partner by requesting and then accepting replicas. A push partner
is a WINS server that sends update notification messages to its partner when its WINS
database has changed. When its partner responds to the notification with a replication
request, the push partner sends copies of changed records of its current WINS database
to the partner.
For each WINS server, you must configure threshold intervals for triggering database repli-
cation, based on a specific time, a time period, or a certain number of new records. If you
designate a specific time for replication, this occurs one time only. If a time period is
specified, replication is repeated at that interval.
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