2 Sites into an AD Domain
- From: "Hubert Rétif" <retifhubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:14:46 +0100
Hi,
Following situation:
- until now, only one 2003 Server with one AD, one Domain
- a new branch office will be created.
- I will install a new Server there, with option "additionnal DC for an
existing Domain" and will follow the instructions found on Microsoft Technet
(see below):
Question:
1. Actual Server in main Office is a production machine which services
should not be interrupted. Until now, I did not create any Sites on this
machine. Shall I create one (according to 2nd note below) and if yes, could
it disturb the operation of the Client PCs at the Main Site?
2. I will install the branch office server first at the main office and then
move it to the new branch office. I don't quite understand at the moment how
I can test it as it will be in teh same subnet as the main office server.
Can someone bring me some "light" on this topic?
Thanks,
Hubert Retif.
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To deploy a domain controller for a new branch office site
Note
. This procedure assumes that both sites belong to the same Active
Directory domain.
1.
Install the Windows Server 2003 operating system on a computer at the
main office, promote it to a domain controller, and then confirm that it
successfully replicates with the existing domain controllers.
2.
Log on as a member of either the Domain Administrators or Enterprise
Administrators security group of the forest root domain, open Active
Directory Sites and Services, right-click Sites, select New Site, type a
name for the new branch office site, and then, under Link Name, select the
appropriate site link (such as DEFAULTIPSITELINK).
3.
Right-click the server object of the new branch office domain
controller from its current location (which might be under
Default-First-Site-Name), click Move, and then, in the Move Server dialog
box, click the new site that you just created.
4.
Right-click Subnets, click New, and then click Subnet to create a new
child for the new remote site, providing the appropriate network ID and
subnet mask.
Note
. If, until now, your domain has had only one site, you must
create two child objects under Subnets - one for the main office site and
one for the branch office site, each with its own network ID and subnet
mask.
5.
If necessary to optimize network performance, make the domain
controller a global catalog.
6.
Ship the new domain controller to the remote site.
7.
Install a LAN adapter connected to the branch office intranet, and
then, on the LAN adapter's Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties page,
configure an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway appropriate for the branch
office subnet.
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