Thanks. All my base are belong to you.
Eric
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:02:10 -0700, "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Given Microsoft's advice that your Infrastructure Master not be a GC, you
> should proabably have a minimum of three DCs so you can have two GCs, no?
>
> Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
> Tech Consultant
> Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to be HP)
> All your base are belong to us.
>
>
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> Thanks, I think that was what I was looking for. I wasn't certain whether
> Exchange could ONLY query GCs or if they could get info from DCs as well.
> In any case, I'm thinking that there should be 2 GCs even in a small
> single-domain environment, just for redundancy's sake. Otherwise the GC
> represents a single point of failure.
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:34:25 -0700, "Exchange Discussions"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Tony is saying this because GCs contain information about objects in other
> > domains. With only one domain, all DCs contain essentially the same
> > information as they would as GCs. But they do need to be marked as GCs
> for
> > E2K to use them because E2K will query DNS for a GC to compile the GAL.
> So
> > you need to worry about network topology. If you are crossing a WAN you
> may
> > want to mark the DC on the far side of the WAN as a GC, but if they are
> all
> > in a LAN environment, one might suit your needs just fine.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 1:52 PM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: AD/GC Clarification
> >
> >
> > Do Win2k AD controllers need to be GCs for Exchange to use them in a
> single
> > domain environment? Tony Redmond's book says that all DCs in a single
> > domain environment are "effectively" GCs - but do they need to be made GCs
> > on the NTDS page for Exchange to use them? Thanks - I'm still getting up
> to
> > speed with Ex2k.
> >
> > Eric
> >
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