Hi, The site coverage is a good feature to speed up the login process but the discover process that clients use will try any DC in the Domain. Maybe you client is using the wrong the DNS (since there are DC�s unavailable) or a GC is not available. What is the error message when you try to login?
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:05:55 +0100, Paresh Nhathalal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Auto-Site coverage is enabled by default and DCs will cover the site > where there are no DCs. You should ensure that the clients in that > "DC-less" site are re-pointed to the correct DNS Servers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruston, Neil > Sent: 29 March 2005 10:56 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site Confusion > > Thanks Jorge. > > Are you implying that the answer to the original question is therefore > 'no'? > This has huge ramifications in the branch office. Or did I simply > explain how > the answer is 'yes', but for the wrong reasons?? > > Are you also saying that DCs (and sitecoverage) handle the following 2 > scenarios in different ways: > 1. No DCs installed in some site > 2. DCs installed in some site but non available > > Can you expand on your previous post please? > > Thanks, > neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de > Almeida > Pinto > Sent: 29 March 2005 10:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site Confusion > > I think that's incorrect if you're talking about autositecoverage. > Autositecoverage by DCs from some domain for some site will only occur > if some > site has no DCs from that same domain. Although DCs are down and not > available, the DCs in other sites in the same domain see in their own > replica > that that site has DCs and autositecoverage will occur. Sitecoverage > will > occur by other DCs if you configured it manually through the registry or > a GPO > > Cheers, > Jorge > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruston, Neil > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 09:25 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site Confusion > > Depending upon your site links, DCs in either site B or C will advertise > themselves as available to site A. The DCs in the site with lowest cost > to > site A will perform this role. > > What do you mean by 'take down'? Are you taking a WAN link down or > powering > off the DCs or demoting them or what? > > neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown > Sent: 28 March 2005 21:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Site Confusion > > I have 3 sites, site A has 2 DC's and site B & C each have 1 DC. > > When I take down site A (both DC's), the clients in Site A cannot log > in. > Shouldn't they be able to log in using site B or C? > > Thanks, > -- > Matt Brown > Information Technology System Specialist Eastern Washington University > > 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/ > > ======================================================================== > ==== > == > This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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