Re: replication between domains

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From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/17/04


Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 07:17:47 -0400

You are welcome.

Cary

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2de9201c46bdb$7d6dbc50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
Hi cary,
It is really great answer. All my doubts clarified. Thanks.

Regards,
Srinivas Acharya
>-----Original Message-----
>Srinivas,
>
>I might jump in here for a second.
>
>In WIN2000 Active Directory there are three Partitions, or
Naming Contexts
>(NC), that are replicated. The first NC is the Schema NC.
 The Schema NC is
>replicated to all Domain Controllers in the entire forest.
 The second NC is
>the Configuration NC. Like the Schema NC, the
Configuration NC is
>replicated to all Domain Controllers in the entire forest.
 The third and
>final NC is the Domain NC. The Domain NC is replicated to
all Domain
>Controllers in that particular domain.
>
>So, let's take a look at an example.
>
>Let's say that you have an enterprise that has an empty
root and three child
>domains. The empty root is wazup.local. The three child
domains are
>hr.wazup.local, finance.wazup.local and
general.wazup.local. In each of
>these four domains are two Domain Controllers. In the
root domain (
>wazup.local ) the Domain Controllers are named DC01 and
DC02; in the hr
>sub-domain the Domain Controllers are called DC11 and
DC12; in the finance
>sub-domain the Domain Controllers are named DC21 and DC22;
and finally in
>the general child domain the Domain Controllers are named
DC31 and DC32.
>
>The Schema Partition ( aka Schema NC ) will replicate to
all eight Domain
>Controllers ( DC01 and DC02; DC11 and DC12; DC21 and DC22;
and DC31 and
>DC32 ). Same goes for the Configuration Partition.
>
>Now, this is where it gets interesting. The Domain
Partition for
>wazup.local will replicate only to the Domain Controllers
in that domain -
>namely, between DC01 and DC02. The Domain Partition for
hr.wazup.local will
>replicate only to the Domain Controllers in that domain -
namely, between
>DC11 and DC12. The Domain Partition for
finance.wazup.local will replicate
>only to the Domain Controllers in that domain - namely,
between DC21 and
>DC22. As expected, the Domain Partition for
general.wazup.local will
>replicate only to the Domain Controllers in that domain -
namely, between
>DC31 and DC32.
>
>I hope that this helps to clarify things a bit.
>
>Cary
>
>
>
>"Srinivas Acharya" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:2de8d01c46ae6$f9368a60$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>Hi,
>Thanks for replying.
>"The full domain data replication occurs only between the
>DC's in the
>>same domain"
>
>In your above statement, can you just tell me domain means
>domain tree or subdomain. I wanted to know whether you are
>refering to DC of subdomain or domain controllers of domain
>tree?..
>
>Regards,
>Srinivas Acharya
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>srinivas Acharya wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> As for as knowladge goes, replication happens within domain
>>> only. There is nothing like replication between domains. is
>>> that right?. is there any replication happening between sub
>>> domains of a same domain tree?. is there any replication
>>> happening between domain trees?.
>>>
>>In the forest some parts of AD are replicated between
>domains,
>>configuration and schema.
>>
>>the full domain data replication occurs only between the
>DC's in the
>>same domain
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/enterpri
s
>e/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/
e
>nterprise/proddocs/en-us/sag_ADintro_18.asp
>>
>>--
>>Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
>>T.Onyszko@w2k.pl
>>http://www.w2k.pl
>>.
>>
>
>
>.
>



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