Fail-over across VPN

ns2nyns2ny
edited November 2006 in Monitoring Software v12 and lower
I've scanned the forum but did not find an answer.....



We are about to purchase SC and want to purchase the fail-over. The fail-over machine will be located in a different city from the primary.



Can I (and if so how) set this up over a VPN or internnet connect to work?



Thanks

Comments

  • AdministratorAdministrator
    The fail-over option uses Netbios and WMI to communicate with the primary server.



    Typically Netbios and WMI are blocked protocols over VPN and/or Internet.
  • ns2nyns2ny
    But technically you can run NetBIOS over TCP/IP, if I can encapsulate the WMI as well, this should work, correct?
  • AdministratorAdministrator
    As long as all ports are open required for netbios and wmi then yes but it is a security risk...



    You can try it out by simply for example checking disk space from one system to the other. It uses WMI and if that works then the fail-over will work too.
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