Rick, Don't you mean the bridgehead server role instead of the ISTG? I think you were saying: "As long as DCs on the static BH list are up, everything is OK. When all DCs on the static list are for some reason unavailable the ISTG will not choose other available DCs as new BHs as it will happen with auto BHs" Must have been a very long con-call? Or do I need to get a lot of coffee? ;-)) For this to work you almost need to make a GC the BH and it also depends on your site and replication topology. I have seen it happen in a W2K network where DCs/GCs from domain A and B where in site X (configured with auto BHs) and DCs/GCs from domain A and B and C where in site Y (configured with static BHs from domain C). All DCs where also a GC. As Dean alreaday said, the ISTG in site X whined and whined and whined there were no BH in site Y that could replicate a WRITABLE partition for domain A and B although the DCs were available. And a DC wil not replicate with a GC to replicate its own writable partition and thus it still chose a non-BH DC from domain A and B and reported that in the event-viewer. The solution is this case was to configure site Y with auto BHs which was not an option because of the scalability issue with W2K AD. the only solution left was to add at least one DC from domain A and B to the static BH list from site Y Cheers, #JORGE#
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rick Kingslan Sent: Mon 8/8/2005 9:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Preferred Bridgeheads Not that it's necessarily BAD, but the one problem is that if the system that the ISTG is on fails, then the ISTG is down for that site until the 'role' is moved to another suitable machine. Rick ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:03 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Preferred Bridgeheads We're almost all Win2k3 Domain Controllers, have a few left to upgrade. Question is, we have at least one DC at each site configured as a preferred bridgehead for IP. Is this not a good idea? Is it best to not prefer any bridgeheads and let AD do its job? I'm seeing a lot of event ID 1567's about it as well. Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary information of the Cooper Cameron Corporation and its operating Divisions and may be confidential or privileged. This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used only by the addressee. If you have received this message in error please delete it, together with any attachments, from your system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
