Single Exch2K SP3, Win2K AD Domain, several DCs/GCs in place. I am replacing a Win2K DC which happens to be 1 of 2 GCs and holds all FSMO roles (among other things). Earlier this week, I set up the replacement server, installed AD and transferred all FSMO except PDC emulator. Yesterday I set the new DC as a GC and removed GC from the old one. Apparently this has caused Veritas Backup Exec (which also runs on the machine that used to be a GC) to fail when trying to connect to the E2K box for individual mailbox backups. Veritas suggests making sure that the E2K machine itself is a GC which of course means installing AD on it. They dont seem to offer any other suggestions... As I got to thinking about it I figured that would actually fit into my server layout pretty well. Anyway, I have searched the knowledge base articles, read the resource kit and searched back through a year of posts to this discussion list and it looks like the cons for this arrangement are performance and recovery. I dont have any performance issues - the E2K box CPU peaks at 5% occaisionally but is generally barely breathing and there is on average nearly a gig of available RAM. Drive performance is hardly utilized as well so that only leaves the recovery issue. Is this simply that it is more difficult to recover a server that does several things or is there something specific to E2K that makes recovery more difficult if it is also a DC? Also, When I view the DCs on the Directory Access Tab of my E2K servers properties, it list 1 machine as the Configuration Domain Controller. I noticed that changed when I removed GC from the original server. Does E2K pick that machine from the "closest" DC or what? Will that change to the E2K box itself if I make it a GC? Last question - Does anyone know of anything to look out for if I do decide to make my E2K box a DC? Thanks!
Jeff Hague MCSE Network Manager Randolph-Macon College _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
