Since all DCs are within the same site, the KCC will construct a ring topology based on the numeric ordering of each of the DCs GUIDs, thus we get something like this when we graphically represent your description of the connection objects -
As you can see, the KCC has indeed created a ring for the
child in blue, a ring for the root in green (though a ring of 2 is a little more
difficult to see) and a ring for the enterprise partitions in red (note that the
enterprise partitions are also replicated between any 2 DCs sharing a full
domain partition, i.e. - they're in the same domain). The dotted lines
imply a partial replication of the domain partition, i.e. - a GC sourcing a
foreign domain. A mesh topology is not used by Active Directory without
your explicit assistance in order to force its creation. If your scenario
incorporated multiple sites, a least cost spanning tree topology is employed
between the sites.
--
Dean
Wells
MSEtechnology
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:28 PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Question on Replication
Topology
Dear List Members (Whom I have a hard time figuring out how you
all have so much time to help us "not quite up to speed, but severely overtasked
Administrators");
After a power failure took a Forest Root DC offline
over the weekend (for 26 hours), I came in today to find my replication "in
question".
Repadmin /Showreps does not show any errors however, it shows
inconsistent Replication partners. Here is my question;
We
have:
Forest Root Domain (Empty)
DC1 (Holds all 5 roles) (the DC
offline for 26 hours)
DC2
One Domain in the Forest
DC4
DC5 (Holds
all 5 Roles)
DC6
Everyone is W2K3 (no Service Packs) and everyone is a
GC and everyone is a DNS server.
I was positive that I had the Forest
Root and Domain at Windows Server
2003 Forest Functional Level but now when I
go to AD Domains and Trusts and click the Forest Root Domain and right click
Properties I get:
Domain Functional Level = Windows 2000 mixed Forest
Functional Level = Windows 2000 When I go to AD Domains and Trusts and click the
Domain and right click Properties I get:
Domain Functional Level = Windows
Server 2003 Forest Functional Level = Windows 2000
I must have
miscalculated, but that's not my question.
In my AD Sites and Services, I
have connection objects that have automatically been generated for each DC but
they are inconsistent. ie:
DC1 goes to DC2 and DC6
DC2 goes to
DC1 and DC5
DC4 goes to DC5 and DC6
DC5 goes to DC4 and DC6
DC6 goes to
DC1 and DC4 and DC5
The question is, "Shouldn't they all have
automatically generated connection objects to everybody else and if they don't,
is it just a matter of me adding the manual new connection object?" Or am
I seeing a properly configured Sites and Services. If not, is part of my
problem that I have not got the Forest Root at FFL?
Thanks in advance
people for any assistance. This list is so valuable, it's not funny.
(Seriously!)
______________________________
Rocky Habeeb
Microsoft
Systems Administrator
James W. Sewall Company
136 Center Street
Old
Town, Maine
04468
207.827.4456
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