Re: How to make these work?

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John wrote:
We have one child domain with two DCs. Both DCs have DNS, WINS and
DHCP enabled.
The first Domain controller holds PDC, RID pool manager roles and is
Global catalog
server. The second additional DC holds infrastructure role and is not
global catalog
server.

One day the first domain controller got blue screen. Nobody can
logon to the Exchange2000 server through outlook. I remember the
exchange server is totally depend on the GC. I was lucky to bring
the first domain online.

If I was not able to bring the first DC online,

1)How would I let users to connect to exchange server?

Create additional Global Catalog servers in the forest..

2)Should I seize the roles from the first DC on the second DC?

You should only seize FSMO roles if the DC that holds the FSMO roles will
NEVER be brought back online.

or try to restore from backup tape too bring the first DC on line?

BTW, from users' point, can they notice any differences? Certainly,
they can logon to
the network through the second domain controller, right?

Yes, but the Global Catalog is still required for Exchange and when cached
credentials expire.

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