That is exactly what it is supposed to do. Contact a machine, get info on the topology, establish a session to the nearest DC (as defined in the topology with site links and metrics) then make a connection to that server and do the replication.
Sounds like what you saw is exactly how it is supposed to work. The object was created on the machine that it replicated from. The PDC was probably just the server it connected to to get some intial forest information. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guy Teverovsky Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DCPromo The machine in question was the first DC in site C (which was already pre-configured in Sites and Services). The dcpromo.log confirms that it properly recognized it's site. I saw the LDAP session to PDCE (site A) when initiating the dcpromo by running netstat (a saw a new LDAP session). The replication was performed from a DC in site B (Infrastructure Master). dcpromo.log and dcpromogui.log do not show initial query to PDCE. All the machines are W2K3. Domain and forest functional levels are 2003. What is interesting is that the DC the replication was performed from is actually much closer from the network and latency point of view. It would be pretty smart of W2K3 to replicate from the nearest partner... Guy On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 04:37, joe wrote: > What site was the machine that was being promoted to in? > > I would expect it was in site B. The change should be done on the > machine that it did its initial replication with. How do you know that > it did that replication with the PDC? Is this info from the dcpromo log? > > joe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guy > Teverovsky > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] DCPromo > > > Yesterday, while dcpromoing a machine (which was already domain > member), I have noticed that while the LDAP session was initiated > against PDCE in site A, the computer account move to "Domain > Controllers" OU was performed on a DC in site B. Although after the > replication everything was nice and dandy, but any insight on at which > DC the changes should take place during the dcpromo process is more than welcome. > > Thanks, > Guy > > - - - > Smith & Wesson - the original point and click interface > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ -- - - - Smith & Wesson - the original point and click interface List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
