Did you associate the appropriate subnet(s) of whatever constitutes "UCPG" into the UCPG site? Site boundaries are defined by the subnets associated with them. You configure them in Sites and Services.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steele, Aaron [BSD] - ADM > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] oddness with sites. > > Okay I have a perplexing problem that I haven't found any > help for on the web. Maybe someone her can help. > > I have a fairly simple AD forest > single forest, single domain. 2 sites, defined properly as > far as I can tell. > In the remote site, there is a DC/GC, both physically and in > Sites and Services. > The x.x.81.X subnet is tied to the correct site. > > Output form nltest is below. > > nltest /dsgetdc:<domain-name> /site:UCPG > DC: \\<DC-At-Remote Site> > Address: \\X.X.81.217 > Dom Guid: XXXXXXXX-1c6b-4645-ac78-b0f2444eac2c > Dom Name: Domain > Forest Name: domain.fqdn.edu > Dc Site Name: UCPG > Our Site Name: UCPG > Flags: GC DS LDAP KDC TIMESERV WRITABLE DNS_FOREST > CLOSE_SITE The command completed successfully > > In the registry of a workstation/server on the remote site, > the registry > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\ > Parameters > \DynamicSiteName is equal to "UCPG" > > Yet, whenever I log onto a workstation/server there "set l" > returns a DC/GC that is at our HUB site, and not the DC/GC > identified and located in the remote site. > > Nltest /sc_query:<domain> returns the same DC/GC located in > the hub site, and again, not the DC/GC in the remote site. > > Pings between remote workstation and remote DC/GC are less > than 1ms, between remote workstation and hub DC/GC are more > like 30 to 40 ms on average. > Both remote site and hub site DC/GC are ping able and nbtstat > -a findable by short name and reverse ip lookups. > > Any help anyone has, I would greatly appreciate it. > > Thanks so much. > /aaron > > > Aaron Steele > University of Chicago > Enterprise Systems Administrator > P: 773.834.9099 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This email is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain information > that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this > email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of > this communication is prohibited. If you have received this > email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete > all copies of the transmittal. Thank you. > 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/ 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/
