Re: HOW TO FIND OUT ADC

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thanx Paul,

sorry for my poor english and less explaination.

i have once root domain controller (All roles belong to this domain) and now
i have added two addtional domain controller which is showing in activer
directory user and computer (Domain Controller)
when i right click on my additional domain controller and see the properties
its shoing domain controller only, yes I can add the desripion in that, but i
dont want to add the description.
is there in dos mode or third party or script is there by which i can find
out which is my domain controllers and additional domain controllers

Thanx again
Muneer


"Paul Bergson" wrote:

> Not sure what you are actually trying to ask, but figure you are looking for
> the fsmo role holders. The ADC is the Active Directory Connector. This is
> used for things such as the old Exchange 5.5 DB to "Connect" to the current
> Active Diretory Database. If you are referring to the Exchanfge Connector
> open up Sites and Services and you should be able to go through the sites to
> find the server replicated within that is the connector.
>
> (FSMO details, along with diagnostic info)
> Try running dcdiag.
>
> If you don't have the tool installed load them from your install disk.
>
> d:\i386\adminpak.msi (Server tools for remote management of servers)
> d:\support\tools\setup.exe (Server Utilities)
>
> Copy the following to a cmd file and run look for error, fail and warn
> within the reports. Post any errors you can't figure out. make sure you
> modify DC_Name to the name of a dc in your domain.
>
> @echo off
>
> c:
> cd \
> cd "program files\support tools"
>
> del c:\dcdiag.log
> dcdiag /e /c /v /s:DC_Name /f:c:\dcdiag.log
> start c:\dcdiag.log
>
>
> See for more details
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRef/1d4ce93c-54f2-4069-a708-251509c38837.mspx
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Muneer Ahmed" <MuneerAhmed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F00D6F66-DB59-4947-8295-924307B3787A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi All,
> >
> > we have arounf 4 domain controller and 7 additional domain controller, now
> > i
> > wanted to check which is my ADC and DC
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> > Muneer Ahmed
> >
>
>
>
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