"David Lum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/13/2008 12:51:46 PM:
> I'm reading up on virtualizing domain controllers and found this: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 > > It says, in part: > "We recommend that you locate critical server roles on domain > controllers that are installed directly on physical hardware. Critical > server roles include the following: > * Global catalog servers > * Domain Name System (DNS) servers > * Operations master roles, also known as flexible single master > operations (FSMO)" Yeah, yeah. :-) I used to have a DC with no FSMO roles as a VMware image. We wanted it for D/R. We testing bringing the image back up, and forecfully seized all roles. And it worked for us ... We kept the "real" DCs on physical hardware. > > How do you have a domain controller that doesn't have a FSMO role > associated with it? > > Dave Lum - Systems Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
