SunLink Server Manager Will Not Use A Secondary WINS Server if the Primary WINS Server is Still Functioning

Unlike a native Windows NT environment, the SunLink Server program will not use a secondary WINS server if the primary WINS server is still functioning. If a SunLink Server computer is functioning as the primary WINS server, and attempts to locate a resource that does not exist in its WINS database, the SunLink Server NetBIOS will not automatically consult the secondary WINS server for that resource. In this regard, a SunLink Server computer configured as a primary WINS server does not behave in the same way as a native Window NT primary WINS server.

Workaround: This issue will not become a problem for most environments. To preclude this from becoming a problem, either point all servers that need to communicate with each other to the same primary and secondary WINS servers, or replicate all WINS servers.