Renames are fine.
I don't see a point in the link speed in the name, you could put it in
the comments so it is still available.
Our naming standard goes something like this
Hub Sites
NA (Americas - located in North America)
AP (Asia Pacific)
EU (Europe)
Hub Sites dedicated to Exchange
NAEXCH
APEXCH
EUEXCH
Remote Sites
B<building#> so like B56345
Then the links all look like
Hubsite Name - Remote Site (or hub site - hub site for the big
main hub interconnections)
NA-B56345
NA-NAEXCH
NA-EU
EU-AP
NA-AP
Etc.
I have no site link bridges. Simple 3 hub and spokes.
Cool thing is now with my site scripts when I create a site I specify
parameters like
Createsite DC sitename hub [metric if not default WAN]
Ex:
Createsite domaincontroller1 B45678 NA
>From that it knows the domain controller to work on (I like to target my
creates); what site to build, what two sites should be in the site link
and what the site link name should be and what the metric should be if
the default isn't good enough (it always is for me as I have a 3 hub hub
and spoke).
So I would have the following objects after that
Site Object B45678
Site Link Object NA-B45678 with NA and B45678 sites in it.
So I've shown mine... Who else wants to share?
joe
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Adner
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 6:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Sites and Site Link Naming Conventions
Todd's post was very timely as I was going to post this question tonight
anyway. We're in the initial design phase for a potentially large AD
environment (it'll start small with maybe 3 sites and a <10 DC's total,
but
could eventually grow to 700 sites, each with a DC).
I'm curious what others have done for their naming conventions when it
comes to Sites and Site Links (and Site Link Bridges, apparently.) Does
it
make sense to include the link speed in the name? If so, does having to
rename links in the future (because of upgrades or whatnot) work fine or
should that be avoided?
David
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