Mirrored db - Witness server multiple networks

All,
I've just completed setting up a mirrored db with 2 servers that reside on
different networks. All the appropriate routes are added and the boxes see
each other fine both at the OS level and the SQL server level. My witness
server is a machine with 2 nics, each can talk to each network and it sees
both sql servers just fine. IP Forwarding is enabled. I've succesfully
configured the Primary to use the witness server and it sees it fine. However
the Mirror server is constantly reporting that the witness server is
disconnected. I can connect through management studio and every other just
fine. Anything I need due to the fact that the primary and the mirror are on
different networks when it comes to the witness box? Any suggestions
appreciated. There are no firewalls in play.
Thanks.
Hi
I am not sure why you have not configured these on their own subnet? I would
contact PSS to see if this is possible.
John
"sqlboy2000" wrote:

> All,
> I've just completed setting up a mirrored db with 2 servers that reside on
> different networks. All the appropriate routes are added and the boxes see
> each other fine both at the OS level and the SQL server level. My witness
> server is a machine with 2 nics, each can talk to each network and it sees
> both sql servers just fine. IP Forwarding is enabled. I've succesfully
> configured the Primary to use the witness server and it sees it fine. However
> the Mirror server is constantly reporting that the witness server is
> disconnected. I can connect through management studio and every other just
> fine. Anything I need due to the fact that the primary and the mirror are on
> different networks when it comes to the witness box? Any suggestions
> appreciated. There are no firewalls in play.
> Thanks.
|||You won't be able to use Windows authentication across networks - you will
need to use certificates.
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> All,
> I've just completed setting up a mirrored db with 2 servers that reside on
> different networks. All the appropriate routes are added and the boxes see
> each other fine both at the OS level and the SQL server level. My witness
> server is a machine with 2 nics, each can talk to each network and it sees
> both sql servers just fine. IP Forwarding is enabled. I've succesfully
> configured the Primary to use the witness server and it sees it fine.
> However
> the Mirror server is constantly reporting that the witness server is
> disconnected. I can connect through management studio and every other just
> fine. Anything I need due to the fact that the primary and the mirror are
> on
> different networks when it comes to the witness box? Any suggestions
> appreciated. There are no firewalls in play.
> Thanks.
|||By "different networks" I meant different subnets.
"Roger Wolter[MSFT]" wrote:

> You won't be able to use Windows authentication across networks - you will
> need to use certificates.
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