Re: Unexplainable Server - Sites and Services

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From: sg-w2k3 (stugaitanis_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:11:01 GMT

Danilo,

Thanks that was a good article thanks

Now I just checked and all the sites have the same cost (100) . Is there
anything else that goes into KCC choosing aside from cost ?

Would it make sense to raise the cost of that server to see if it then
removes it as a repl partner ?

Thanks for the quick respone

Stuart

"Danilo Bordini [MVP]" <DaniloBordiniMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:177F4E5A-81C1-49EA-A0A3-AD4139F927CB@microsoft.com...
> Optonline, the KCC function is this: create automatic connections between
> sites, using a "random" algorithm developed by Microsoft.
> KCC use links between sites, and Cost link, that is configured to each
> site.
> So, if you have a "slow" connection and the Cost is configured wrong, the
> KCC
> will "think" that this is a "good" site.
> Take a look at site:
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/dssite_configure_replication_cost.asp
> to understand better this issue.
> There is too a another way, "disable" KCC, but you only need to do this in
> big environments.
>
> Danilo Bordini
>
> "Optonline" wrote:
>
>> Group,
>>
>> I am very new to Active Directory and am trying to solve a mystery.
>>
>> We have 20 offiices with WK23 DC'sin each office. Our Indy Data Center
>> is
>> the Central Location with T1 links of varying speeds connected through
>> the
>> Indy Hub(star topology).
>>
>> In Sites and Services under NTDS Settings each individual office
>> consistently shows the same 3 Servers automatically generated by the KCC.
>> The first 2 in the list make sense as the are DC's located in the Indy
>> Data
>> Center. The 3rd server however is a server in our smallest office (we'll
>> call it Madison) with the slowest connection (256 Frame Relay - most of
>> our
>> others are 512 or higher).
>>
>> This 3rd one appears in every Site and if you look at the Madison Site in
>> Sites and Services - under ntds settings - you will see every other
>> server
>> in the organization listed as being automatically genereated.
>>
>> We have deleted the manually and they have consistently re-appeared.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea why the KCC would be automatically generating
>> this
>> and why it would keep showing up ?
>>
>> I hope I explained that well and am looking forward to the responses.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
>>

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