Configuring Server and Client Behavior
You can use the configuration options of the WINS management console to change how a WINS server manages its WINS client mappings.
The timer options are found on the Name Record tab of the WINS Server Properties dialog box shown in Figure 7.8 in the "WINS Replication" section of this chapter. Using these options, you can specify the various timers that govern WINS client behavior: the renewal interval, the extinction interval, the extinction timeout, and the verification interval. All of these are described in "Timers" in this chapter.
In addition, you can change the frequency with which the statistics are updated, and change the backup path for the database, under the General tab of the WINS server Properties page. Finally, you can change the advanced properties of the server, as shown in Figure 7.19.
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Figure 7.19 Advanced Configuration Options for WINS Server
To more finely tune a WINS server, configure the options shown in Figure 7.19, which shows the advanced logging and burst handling dialog box. Changing the values of the parameters described in Table 7.18 allows you to alter the most advanced features of your WINS server.
Table 7.18 Advanced WINS Server Configuration Options
Configuration Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Log database changes |
Specifies whether logging of database changes to J50.log files should be turned on. |
Log detailed events to event log |
Specifies whether events are logged using verbose mode, typically used when troubleshooting. This requires considerable computer resources and should be turned off if you are tuning for performance. |
Replicate only with partners |
Specifies that replication occur only with configured WINS pull or push partners. If this option is not selected, an administrator can ask a WINS server to pull from or push to an unlisted WINS server partner. By default, this option is selected. |
Backup on termination |
Automatically backs up the database when the WINS management console stops, except when the computer is shut down. |
Migrate |
Static unique and multihomed records in the database are treated as dynamic when they conflict with a new registration or replica. If they are no longer valid, they are overwritten by the new registration or replica. Check this option if you are migrating non-Windows NT-based computers to Windows NT. By default, this option is not checked. |
Start version count |
Specifies the highest version ID number for the database. Usually, you do not need to change this value unless the database becomes corrupted. In this case, set this value to a number higher than the version number counter for this WINS server on all the remote partners that earlier replicated the records to the local WINS server. WINS might increase the value you specify to ensure that database records are quickly replicated to other WINS servers. The maximum allowable value is 2 31 –1. This value can be seen in the ViewDatabase dialog box in the WINS management console. |
Database backup path |
Specifies the directory that stores the WINS database backup. If you specify a backup path, WINS automatically performs a full backup of its database to this directory every 24 hours. WINS uses this directory to perform an automatic restoration of the database if the database is found to be corrupted when WINS is started. Do not specify a network directory. |