I don't understand how this can work in one site :) If all DC/GCs are defined in the same site, then clients may be 'offered' any of these DCs from a DNS perspective, since they are all 'equal'.
You appear to several odd environmental issues which need to be addressed before attacking the Outlook related issues. neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rubix cube Sent: 05 July 2005 10:22 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] GC seems very good but I have 1 domain but I have 15 VLANs, not all domain controllers accessible by all VLANs, if I set all the domain controllers to GC will that cause a problem? the 2 that I chose to set as GCs are accessible from all VLANs. thanks. r.c. On 7/5/05, Almeida Pinto, Jorge de <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also don't agree with what you are saying concerning the maintenance > of the GCs. > > If you only have 1 domain in the forest there is NO OVERHEAD in making > all DCs GCs. The size of your DIT will not grow in size because there > are no other domains. For its own and single domain the GCs will use > pointers to the domain data. > > So if you have 1 domain, make all DCs GCs. > > Even if you have multiple domains there as less issues in W2K3 > compared to W2K because W2K3 DCs/GCs use Linked Value Replication > (only in FFL > w2k3) and for the partial attribute set it only replicates the deltas. > So even for a multiple domain forest I would consider making all DCs > GCs. > > Concerning exchange I would not manually define the DCs and GCs it > uses. Let exchange itself figure that out. What are the reasons to > manually define the DCs/GCs it uses? > > Cheers, > #JORGE# > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rubix cube > Sent: dinsdag 5 juli 2005 10:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] GC > > One site and all servers in that one site. > > > On 7/5/05, Rops, Arjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How many sites do you have configured in your AD? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rubix cube > > Sent: dinsdag 5 juli 2005 10:34 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] GC > > > > Suffering = users loose connectivity to their mailbox (the Outlook > > shows a message saying Trying to connect to your exchange server), > > users can't use their home directories on the servers, users not > > being able to print, basically users goes offline, waiting for the > > GC to be online, now this I understand if there was only one GC, but > > if 2, then this shouldn't happen, > > > > i.e. the network appears to be seeing each GC as the only one. > > > > Is there anything else other than checking the Global Catalogue > > check box to make a server GC? (and add it in the system manager in > > the exchange server as a GC too) ? > > > > Thanks, > > r.c. > > > > On 7/5/05, Ruston, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't agree with the below at all, to be candid. I would rather > have > > 7 servers, knowing I can lose 1 or 2 without issue, rather than > working > > round the clock to keep 2 servers up all the time. To me, that's the > > beauty of systems like AD, where the system is distributed and self > > resilient. You however, have removed some of that resilience from > > the system and have thus moved the maintenance effort from the > > system onto your own lap. > > > > > > Anyway, now that's off my chest - I think you need to explain what > > 'the network suffers' means. What symptoms do you see when a GC goes > > offline? I'd also like to know why your GCs are going offline. > > > > > > We have 100+ GCs here and we probably have 4-5 issues per year. > > > When > > we do have an issue, the net effect on the end user is negligible > > due > to > > the self healing and resilient nature of AD/GCs themselves. > > > > > > neil > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rubix cube > > > Sent: 05 July 2005 08:48 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] GC > > > > > > > > > Thanks for teh reply :) > > > > > > I will tell you, because now I have to maintain 2 servers (the > > > GCs) > > online 24/7 I can't take one offline for maitenance for a second > > cause the network goes down, imagine if I upgrade the other 5, then > > I will have to keep 7 servers alive 24/7!!!!!!! > > > > > > I configure the exchange to use multiple GC, but why the network > > suffers if one of them goes offline? I dont' know? is it by design? > > or am I missing something > > > > > > thaks, > > > r.c. > > > > > > > > > On 7/5/05, Ruston, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "rough and ready" response :) > > > > > > > > 1. Client logons, Exchange GAL lookups and various other > components > > > > require a GC to be available, ideally in the same site. 2. Why > > > > are only 2 of the 7 DCs also GCs? > > > > > > > > Given that you are experiencing issues, I'd be inclined to > 'upgrade' > > > > the remaining 5 DCs to GC status and ensure that your Exchange > > servers > > > > are configured to use multiple GCs. > > > > > > > > When all DCs are GCs, the infra master FSMO becomes redundant > > > > too, > > so > > > > that's one less FSMO to worry about catering for :) > > > > > > > > neil > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rubix > cube > > > > Sent: 05 July 2005 08:16 > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] GC > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have 2 GC and 7 domain controllers, I made 2 GC so that if I > > > > had > > to > > > > take any one of them offline the other will be functional and > > > > the network will be ok, what happens is that if any of them goes > > offline, > > > > the network goes down, (includeing email service exchange). 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