Re: Transfer IM to a GC server

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From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 04/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 00:42:52 -0500

"ed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4296D91D-E4DF-4D99-BACE-57C39C68230E@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply! We have 1 forest with 4 child domains. Each child
domain has 2 DCs each, one DC is placed at our central colocation in San
Jose, and one DC at the geographic location, for a total of 10 DCs. I'm
basically doing cleanup for a previous employee that set this up.
> What is the best practice for placing the FSMO roles in this
configuration?

> Can each child domain have more than 1 GC?

>From a 'design perspective' domains dont have GCs,
the FOREST has them.

Technically a GC must run on SOME DC (from some
domain) but think of it as a forest job -- it is.

You need one or two GCs per site (more in some large
system performance situations like Exchange Server.)

IM must not be a GC if you have multiple domains.

Keep the Schema Master, Domain Naming Master and
a GC together (root forest domain.)

> Should I place the IM at the local DC and the rest of the roles at the
colocation DCs?

The IM can technically be anywhere, usually kept with the
PDC Emulator/RID master unless that is a GC. 

-- 
Herb Martin
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Ed
>
>      ----- Herb Martin wrote: -----
>
>      "ed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>      news:3B72359B-8FD3-44CF-8E6D-864B28E75AC6@microsoft.com...
>      > What's the consequences of transferring an infrastructure master
role to a
>      server that is already a GC?  This GC is also the RID Master as well
as a
>      PDC Emulator.   We are transferring the role because the server needs
to be
>      retired. Thanks
>
>      In a multi-domain forest they should be separated.
>
>      If not, when you rename objects on one domain the
>      references held by the IM's (on a GC) domain will
>      not get the update.
>
>      It will work but show the OLD NAME.
>
>      GC, RID, PDC Em are fine together.
>
>      IM with GC is ok if there is only ONE domain in the
>      forest.
>
>      -- 
>      Herb Martin
>
>
>

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