Paul
Wed Aug 13 15:20:23 PDT 2008
Are you experiencing any errors? This should all be handled in the
background by the KCC. Unless you are experiencing some issues I wouldn't
be concerned. If you like I have included some tests you can run.
Run diagnostics against your Active Directory domain.
If you don't have the support tools installed, install them from your server
install disk.
d:\support\tools\setup.exe
Run dcdiag, netdiag and repadmin in verbose mode.
-> DCDIAG /V /C /D /E /s:yourdcname > c:\dcdiag.log
-> netdiag.exe /v > c:\netdiag.log (On each dc)
-> repadmin.exe /showrepl dc* /verbose /all /intersite > c:\repl.txt
-> dnslint /ad /s "ip address of your dc"
**Note: Using the /E switch in dcdiag will run diagnostics against ALL dc's
in the forest. If you have significant numbers of DC's this test could
generate significant detail and take a long time. You also want to take
into account slow links to dc's will also add to the testing time.
If you download a gui script I wrote it should be simple to set and run
(DCDiag and NetDiag). It also has the option to run individual tests
without having to learn all the switch options. The details will be output
in notepad text files that pop up automagically.
The script is located on my website at
http://www.pbbergs.com/windows/downloads.htm
Just select both dcdiag and netdiag make sure verbose is set. (Leave the
default settings for dcdiag as set when selected)
When complete search for fail, error and warning messages.
Description and download for dnslint
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321045
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Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
http://www.pbbergs.com
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"David Naffy" <David Naffy@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> My root forest ad domain is called domain A.
> In that i've got 3 sites set up within sites andd services. I've also got
> a hardly used child domain as well.
> In each site there is a DC (which is a GC) for each domain in each site.
> I've got Exchange (1 server only).
>
> A few days ago i removed some older hardware DCs by demoting them. I
> noticed one was set as the bridgehead server for IP and SMTP i think.
>
> I thought these might populate themselves back or something but nothing
> has appeared?
>
> Do i need to set these manually? What do i need to set?
>
> Domain_1:
> Site A: 1 server
> Site B: 1 server
> Site C: 2 servers and exchange server here
>
> Domain_2 (Child not that important)
> Site C: 2 servers
>
> Do i need to make one server from each site for domain a a bridgehead
> server?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>