Re: ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) Topology, Replication

Ace,

Thanks for those links.

I have a baseline understanding of ADAM as it appertains to smaller
environments. My question is, what about ADAM as used for a global
enterprise. I mean, what about replication accross slow links? I see some
chatter about ADAM needing to be told what site its in, if applicable.

Its a question of bandwidth and design. Do you know of any microsoft
resources, or other resources for that matter, that get into the nuts and
bolts of designing an ADAM infrastructure as it appertains to a global
enterprise.

Regards,

Walt Ellena
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"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

In news:4F143981-4A41-457E-9AB7-B4A02D678062@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Walter Ellena <WalterEllena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I
commented on below:
Dear Colleagues,

I have some rather fundamental questions when it comes to setting up
ADAM instances as they appertain to sites.

My understanding is that ADAM has its own replication mechanisms, so
one needs to consider the speed of inter site connectors when
designing an ADAM infrastructure. I am looking for authoritative
documentation, ideally from Microsoft, that will not only shed light
on my questions, but also assist my colleagues and I in terms of
proposing designs for ADAM.

If I understand the concepts correctly, a single ADAM "server" with a
single instance will assume that bandwidth is not an option. In the
case where you have a domain controller in one location (lets say NY)
and another domain controller in California. You configure Active
Directory to do its replication thing according to schedules, link
speeds, costs, etc.

Now, my understanding is that if you just drop an adam instance in NY
and another one in California, you are going to have issues because
the adam servers themselves need to be told that they are in
different sites and need to have replication configured for them.

The question here is, when you have child domains, how do you set up
adam so that it talks to the higher up domains and, when you don't
have children domains, you need to configure adam for multiple sites?

Any advise or papers, diagrams, instructions, etc., that comes from
authoritative sources would be helpful.

Regards,

Walt Ellena

ADAM is a flat model. No child domains, doesn't use DNS, etc. It's more like
Netscape LDAP, or Cold Fusion LDAP, etc. without the overhead and complexity
of AD.

Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying ADAM:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/2080b841-2211-400f-b393-04675a1653651033.mspx?mfr=true

More links from a Google search for "active directory configuring adam":
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-06,GGLR:en&q=Active+Directory+configuring+adam

I hope that helps.

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Willow Grove, PA

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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