>Imagine:
>Two networks: A = 192.168.1.0/24 and B = 10.1.0.0/24
>The Backup Server contains DIR and SD and has two interfaces:
>192.168.1.10/24 and 10.1.0.10/24.
>FD has one interface (10.1.0.11/24).

>The backup server has a fqdn which is "backup.internal.foo.local".
>Both systems use the same dns and backup.internal.foo.local has one A
>record (192.168.1.10).

>Now: the FD will get backup.internal.foo.local as SD and tries to
>connect. The packet may even be routable, but the answer will always
>come from the wrong ip, because the SD will answer from the nearest
>interface, which would be 10.1.0.10. This could be fixed, but that's
>not the point right now.

>When i add the second A record to the host backup.internal.foo.local i
>will get both addresses and the FD might even check both, but imagine
>other hosts inside the network 192.168.1.0/24 that might not be able
>to reach 10.1.0.0/24. These will now fetch a second A record and might
>fail to connect, since they don't know about 10.1.0.0/24.

>It gets even worse when you transform 192.168.1.0/24 to a valid and
>internet routable address and your servername is something like
>backup.my-domain.com and people from all over the world get your valid
>address, as well as your private ip, which - in this case - would
>definitly be unroutable.

>I don't think that would be a good idea ;)


>Kind regards

>Ariano Bertacca
>Systemmanagement

I have a similar split network setup, where most all clients are on a private 
VLAN with 172 addresses (as well as their real interfaces on another network), 
and a few clients that cannot be on that network because they are offnet / at a 
different site that lacks a distinct SD.

At the moment any time I want to set up an off net client, I have to set up 
host entries (which customers (and I) do not like using, for good reason), 
which I do not believe is a good solution. It would be nice if you could 
specify the name or maybe ip address the client is given for the SD by some 
criteria, other than using a different storage resource, as that breaks 
concurrency limits etc.

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