Which FSMO role is critical

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Hi,

I just want to know, in a production environment which FSMO role will
cause more critical issue immediately if it is down

Regards
RANG
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Re: Which FSMO role is critical by Florian

Florian
Thu May 08 02:26:04 PDT 2008

Howdie!

RANG schrieb:
> I just want to know, in a production environment which FSMO role will
> cause more critical issue immediately if it is down

The most critical one is the PDC emulator role. People will notice its
downtime rather quickly. The other roles are not *that* important to
restore instantly - of course you should have an eye on them, too. But
the PDC emulator is the one people will miss first.

cheers,

Florian
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Re: Which FSMO role is critical by Herb

Herb
Thu May 08 04:20:17 PDT 2008


"RANG" <hairang@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:54d41e1f-5d75-4b2e-a4de-1f944b61bfa7@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I just want to know, in a production environment which FSMO role will
> cause more critical issue immediately if it is down

That is like comparing apples and potatoes. They really do not compare
like that.

Usually the first one to be noticed if missing will be the PDC Emulator
(due to its role as Domain Master Browser really in a multi-subnet
network.)

But on a single subnet, you might not even notice it missing and if
you were adding Domains the Domain Naming Master would be
the problem, while changes to the Schema would be blocked if
the Schema Master is down.

The RID master is the one most people would notice either first
or right after the PDC Emulator since after adding about 500
users (security principals really) to a single DC you would run out
of RIDs.

The least noticable USED to be the Infrastructure Master but
if you are trying to upgrade from Win2000 to the FIRST Win2003
DC (or something similar) which requires the Infrastructure Master
be available you will be disappointed.

Make sure they are all working.



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Re: Which FSMO role is critical by RANG

RANG
Thu May 08 04:52:45 PDT 2008

On May 8, 4:20=A0pm, "Herb Martin" <n...@learnquick.com> wrote:
> "RANG" <hair...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:54d41e1f-5d75-4b2e-a4de-1f944b61bfa7@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I just want to know, in a production environment which FSMO role will
> > cause more critical issue immediately if it is down
>
> That is like comparing apples and potatoes. =A0They really do not compare
> like that.
>
> Usually the first one to be noticed if missing will be the PDC Emulator
> (due to its role as Domain Master Browser really in a multi-subnet
> network.)
>
> But on a single subnet, you might not even notice it missing and if
> you were adding Domains the Domain Naming Master would be
> the problem, while changes to the Schema would be blocked if
> the Schema Master is down.
>
> The RID master is the one most people would notice either first
> or right after the PDC Emulator since after adding about 500
> users (security principals really) to a single DC you would run out
> of RIDs.
>
> The least noticable USED to be the Infrastructure Master but
> if you are trying to upgrade from Win2000 to the FIRST Win2003
> DC (or something similar) which requires the Infrastructure Master
> be available you will be disappointed.
>
> Make sure they are all working.

Thanks alot for your detailed info Martil:-)
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Re: Which FSMO role is critical by RANG

RANG
Mon May 12 11:21:28 PDT 2008

On May 8, 4:52=A0pm, RANG <hair...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 8, 4:20=A0pm, "Herb Martin" <n...@learnquick.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "RANG" <hair...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:54d41e1f-5d75-4b2e-a4de-1f944b61bfa7@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...=

>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I just want to know, in a production environment which FSMO role will
> > > cause more critical issue immediately if it is down
>
> > That is like comparing apples and potatoes. =A0They really do not compar=
e
> > like that.
>
> > Usually the first one to be noticed if missing will be the PDC Emulator
> > (due to its role as Domain Master Browser really in a multi-subnet
> > network.)
>
> > But on a single subnet, you might not even notice it missing and if
> > you were adding Domains the Domain Naming Master would be
> > the problem, while changes to the Schema would be blocked if
> > the Schema Master is down.
>
> > The RID master is the one most people would notice either first
> > or right after the PDC Emulator since after adding about 500
> > users (security principals really) to a single DC you would run out
> > of RIDs.
>
> > The least noticable USED to be the Infrastructure Master but
> > if you are trying to upgrade from Win2000 to the FIRST Win2003
> > DC (or something similar) which requires the Infrastructure Master
> > be available you will be disappointed.
>
> > Make sure they are all working.
>
> Thanks alot for your detailed info Martil:-)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Sorry to Forget MrFlorain. Thanks a lot .
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