Re: dcdiag errors

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Phil Loper <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:

Should dc2 be setup as active directory like dc1 or should it be set
up as a secondary?

Yes, I believe that is your better bet. Promoted it to a DC. You should have
at least two DCs anyway for fault tolerance. With AD, there are numerous
advantageous using a DC for DNS server, one of which is AD integrated zones.
Member servers don't have the ability for this feature because it means the
zone data is stored in the actual AD database.

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