Re: second dc on a windows 2000 environment

From: Chriss3 (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:58:13 +0200

At least one GC was what I recommend in each site, of course its not wrong
to have more than that.

Have a nice weekend. 

-- 
Regards
Christoffer Andersson
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"antonio" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:354101c4293f$c1956b50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for that Info.
> You said that you recomend just one GC.  The problem that
> I am having now by having just one GC, is that If I turn
> off the first DC, users have problem login in.
> Please let me know if having more than one GC is not
> problem or why if the first dc is not available the second
> dc is not doing the job.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello!
> >
> >Set a computer as global catalog server.
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/msmq_i
> nst_set_gc.htm
> >
> >You can have as many you want and need. How ever in a
> multi domain
> >environment such a domain tree or trusted domains within
> a forest the holder
> >of the FSMO role IM should not be a Global Catalog Server.
> >
> >I recommend at least one global catalog server in each
> site.
> >
> >-- 
> >Regards
> >Christoffer Andersson
> >
> >No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> >------------------------------------------------
> >http://www.chrisse.se - Active Directory Tips
> >
> >"antonio" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i
> meddelandet
> >news:357701c42938$5735fd80$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi all
> >> I just add a second dc to my win2k domain.  I want to
> know
> >> how to promote my second DC to GC.  Alson I want to know
> >> how many dc and GC can a domain has.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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