Re: Sites and Services questions.
From: jjb (jjb_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/17/05
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:05:10 -0800
Thankyou Paul, you have been extremely helpful!
"ptwilliams" wrote:
> Yes, if you also take my advice about DNS you will 'localise' traffic to
> sites, and therefore reduce the load on the WAN links. The DS-aware clients
> will use the local server over others, which is faster. Replication will
> happen every three hours as opposed to every five mins ;-) Et Cetera...
>
> Licensing: disable it on all servers. You don't need it, and would see
> spurious results even if you wanted to use it.
>
> --
>
> Paul Williams
>
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>
> "jjb" <jjb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BD71384D-3A5D-4506-B799-6FCAD1AFA295@microsoft.com...
> So, my planned "sites and services" changes should show performance
> improvement, right?
>
> Also, what about the licensing server question?
>
> "ptwilliams" wrote:
>
> > > I have never configured sites and services for a multi site domain, but
> > > from what I know about sites is that this configuration is totally
> > > incorrect.
> >
> > Not so much completely wrong, but simply unconfigured or not setup.
> >
> >
> > > 1) I will change the "sites and services" configuration in the following
> > > manner:
> > Create four sites, one for each location. Add the DC's for each
> > location to the correct sites. Create subnets for each location and
> > assign
> > them to the correct sites. Make a DC at each location a Global Catalog
> > server, and make one at each location a Bridgehead server. Finally,
> > configure intersite and intrasite partners and replication schedule. Is
> > this OK?
> >
> > This is all correct, but possibly in the wrong order. Create the new
> > sites.
> > Create the new subnets. Associate the subnets with the correct sites.
> > Move
> > the DCs to the correct sites and make them GCs. Also make each DC a DNS
> > server and use AD-Integrated DNS. Ensure that the sites clients
> > (including
> > the DC) are pointing to the local DNS server.
> >
> > With this done, the KCCs on each DC will generate intrasite replication
> > connections, and the designated ISTG will generate intersite connections.
> > You don't need to do anything with regards to the connections other than
> > define costs to the site links. If you want a traditional hub-and spoke
> > topology without transitive links (a replicates with c when the links are
> > AB
> > and BC) then you should disable the 'bridge all site links' option.
> >
> >
> > > 2) Do I need to have a Windows Licensing Server at each site, or can
> > > three
> > > of the sites use a server a the first site (For example, Sites 2,3,4 use
> > > Site 1 licensing Server)?
> >
> > No you do not need the licensing server. This is simply for aiding you to
> > track licensing. It doesn't work, and most of us here will recommend you
> > disable it altogether anyway.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Paul Williams
> >
> > http://www.msresource.net/
> > http://forums.msresource.net/
> >
> > "jjb" <jjb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E2132288-7446-438C-97BE-90642A47025D@microsoft.com...
> > I have a new client with the following environment :
> >
> > One domain emcompassing 4 locations. Each location has at least one DC.
> > The DC's are a mixture of Win2000 and 2003 servers. The current "Sites
> > and
> > Services" configuration is setup as follows:
> >
> > One site called "Hub" containing all DC's from each location. One
> > ip/subnet
> > range (10.0.0.0/24) used by all four locations, even though each location
> > has
> > it's own ip address range.
> >
> > I have never configured sites and services for a multi site domain, but
> > from
> > what I know about sites is that this configuration is totally incorrect.
> > Also, I am assumming they are seeing "DC replication" and "user logon"
> > performance issues from this setup. I will not know for sure until I
> > actually start work for them this weekend.
> >
> > I would like input on the following to configuration questions.
> >
> > 1) I will change the "sites and services" configuration in the following
> > manner:
> > Create four sites, one for each location. Add the DC's for each
> > location to the correct sites. Create subnets for each location and
> > assign
> > them to the correct sites. Make a DC at each location a Global Catalog
> > server, and make one at each location a Bridgehead server. Finally,
> > configure intersite and intrasite partners and replication schedule. Is
> > this OK?
> >
> > 2) Do I need to have a Windows Licensing Server at each site, or can three
> > of the sites use a server a the first site (For example, Sites 2,3,4 use
> > Site
> > 1 licensing Server)?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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