Well, if the subnet is linked to a site which does not contain any DCs, the Auto Site Coverage process will kick in, and AD will look at site link costs and so forth to determine what DCs from another site should cover this DC-less site. This means you just need site links in place that match what you want. You can work around auto site coverage by disabling it and manually populating the site coverage reg key on the DCs you want to cover this site, but, that's obviously a less than ideal solution.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Q about AD sites On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 13:26, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > We’re about to do a restructuring of our sites and two of them will > not have a DC on site anymore. I know you can have multiple subnets in > a site that contains a DC but is it possible (or even necessary) to > link these standalone sites to a DC in another site? AIUI, if you don't link a subnet to a site to with a DC in it, logons (workstation and user) in that subnet will randomly connect to any site that responds, and there will exist the potential for some random weirdness that will frustrate folks. If I were in your shoes, I'd choose a site with a DC that has a relatively high capacity link between it and the orphan subnet, and make the orphan subnet a part of the that site. But, someone with more experience will probably chime in with better advice. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
