Re: Adding new dc to existing domain

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From: Krzysztof Olejniczak (kolejek_at_gazeta.pl)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 02:04:04 +0100

Hello Ulf ,

Thanks for your post . Ok If LISBO)N is not a member of london domain , how
can I add LISBON to LONDON domain

Thanks for your help

chris
"Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP]" <nospam2-ulf@usw-consulting.com> wrote in
message news:%23b2v$OXvEHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "Krzysztof Olejniczak" <kolejek@gazeta.pl> wrote in message
> news:kolejek@gazeta.pl:
>> I have a question . I have a root DC called LONDON it is a DC of
>> WMII24.MSFT
>> domain . I added a subdomain DC called LISBONthat is a DC of lisbon
>> domain
>>
>> . I added it means I followed by dcpromo and checked add a doiam
>> controller
>> in existing domain and nothing else . Should I add it somewhere else. The
>>
>> name of lisbon is lisbon.lisbon.wmii24.msft . The probelm is with gpo's
>> software deployment , becuse if I configure Default Domain policy to
>> deploy
>> new software it doesn't work on LISBON only on LONDON . I think that
>> LISBON
>> is not a member of WMII24.MSFT domain .
>>
>> Please help and thanks in advance for your support
>>
>
> Hello Chris,
>
> If you created a new subdomain, this is a new domain and not member of
> the parent domain. GPOs usually just work within the domain, if you
> want them to apply to other domains you'll have to backup, import and
> relink them with GPMC.
>
> Another solution would be to apply to GPO to the site, however this
> also means that the GPO-Files will only be replicated within the domain
> you've created them. They will apply to every computer in the site, but
> you have to make sure that you create the GPO on a DC which is
> physically in the same site where you want to GPO to apply, otherwise
> you'll have WAN-Traffic at logon.
>
> --
> Gruesse - Sincerely,
>
> Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
>
> MVP-Book "Windows XP - Die Expertentipps": http://tinyurl.com/44zcz
> Weblog: http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner
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