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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruston, Neil
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 5:04 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS and site coverage behaviour
I am about to investigate and test DNS site coverage and would like to seek the views and opinions of others.
Scenario:
W2k DCs
(SP3)
Multiple domains - all w2k
native
Location1 has 2 buildings, currently
each building being represented by a separate site. Let's call them siteA and
siteB.
Currently, each of these 2 sites has a DC installed
locally.
SiteB has a site link with siteA
(cost 10)
SiteB has a site link to siteC [at
some other location] (cost 100)
Proposal and requirements:
Decomm the DC in siteB and ensure that the DC in siteA
provides DNS coverage to users in siteB [I won't explain my reasoning for the
decomm - that would detract from my main point :) ]
Questions:
Will
the DC in siteA need to be configured such that it auto covers DNS wrt siteB
(registry change)?
Or
Will that DC in siteA automatically cover for siteB in DNS,
given that siteA has the lowest cost link to siteB?
I had always assumed the latter to be true, but this view has been challenged and the former was suggested as necessary, instead :)
Any offers?
Thanks,
neil
Neil Ruston - MVP dir services
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