Assuming a complete failure of the Forest you need to
disable the GC on multi-domain forests, recover each domain as needed, make sure
that the domain is in sync, then reenable the GCs. You will not need to disable
the GC in a single domain environment since the GC does not store anything but
some indexes from the domain database.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Carter
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:52 AM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Forest Recovery QuestionHi everyone,I have read a MS whitepaper regarding Forest Recovery. The process seems straightforward.My question is regarding GC's, it mentions that you should disable the GC function on a restored root DC if enabled as this may contain a partial replica newer than that of the domain it's authoritative for.If the GC function is disabled, you can't seize the Domain naming master FSMO which I assume would mean you can't add additional child domains. So would you have to disable then re-enable the GC function, seize the FSMO roles (ex IM) to the restored root DC (now a GC) before adding a second DC and making this a IM FSMO before recovering the child domains?So my question is at what point would you need to re-enable the GC function on the recovered root DC?This is assuming it's a multi-domain environment...so would disabling the GC function be required in a single domain forest recovery? I would thought not.thanksJames Carter
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