RE : Re: [ActiveDir] Question regarding compacting AD DB.

[Yann]

Hello Al,

 

Good links u pointed to me, especially the link to automate the process .....

Thanks again for clarification on this subject.

 

Yann

Al Mulnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/5dd6f9eb-0533-4474-ac52-dca78c5471dd1033.mspx?mfr=true

 

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/975c456e-8b79-4ace-8363-82543236dbb31033.mspx?mfr=true

 

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/f/?en/Library/5b1d983d-ffab-4514-a95e-6aa0420dacb51033.mspx

 

Compacting is a local dit thing.  You'll need to deal with it local to each machine.

 

IIRC, you can automate/semi-automate this and can off-set it to not take out your entire forest at the same time. The above links should help.

 

I've just never seen a big reason to do this on an automated basis.  Even with similar amounts of DC's I didn't have enough of a reason to do this.  You may want to verify that there is much free space before doing this. Online defrag can be a wonderful thing, and off-line is typically recommended if online is not going to be able to finish during it's run time.

 

 

 

Al

 

On 6/27/06, Yann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hello,

 

It may be a silly question, but when u perform a migration from winNT/w2k to a w2k3 domain, do i have next to compact+defrag  the ntds.dit on *EACH* DC2k3 that have been migrated ? or may i do the operation on only one DC and this DC will replicate the state (compact&defrag) on all other DCs ?

I have at least 60 DCs.... :(

I think the answer will be "compact & defrag each DC that have been upgraded", but just to be 100 % sure.

 

Thanks for answer.

Yann

 

 

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