Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Configuring Push/Pull Partners
If a WINS server in an environment is the sole WINS server for that network, no additional configuration is required other than ensuring that clients will be pointing to the WINS server in their IP configuration. However, if it has been decided that WINS is required, it is a best-practice recommendation to deploy a secondary WINS server to provide redundancy. Unlike DHCP, however, WINS replication partners will replicate their registered entries between each other. WINS replication is established through the designation of WINS push/pull partners.
A push partner for a particular WINS server is the server that pushes WINS database information to a receiving or pull partner. A pull partner is a WINS server from which ...
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