I actually waited about 18 hours (before I found the KB article that said you had to) and then rebooted it...
Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:40 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Several questions on E2k and Active Directory When you made the new DC a GC, did wait at least 5 minutes and then reboot it? Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Hague, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:19 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Several questions on E2k and Active Directory > > 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&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
