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15 minutes is a joke, and perhaps not entirely accurate. I have 2
DC's (W2K3) intrasite that DO take 15 minutes, and I can seem to do
nothing to change it. Absolute design flaw.
One DC is basically an auth server (per MS's recommendations of
splitting jobs) and the second a file server. Great, so you create a
user on the auth machine (so they can login) but have to wait 15
minutes (or "replicate now") to actually give them rights to their
home directory, etc....
"Where do my users want to go today?" Come back in 15 minutes and
we'll find out.
huh???? Given my experience this sounds like a Balmer
.
K Berrien!
I read your comments with interest. I will say that
everyone has different experiences, of which some are
good and some are bad. Sometimes bad experiences are due
to a "design flaw" on the part of those programming the
particular product and sometimes bad experiences are due
to a lack of understanding on the part of those using the
particular product. And, naturally, there is the whole
myriad of situations in bwteen. ;-)
I am of the opinion that the way things are set up with
WIN2000 Active Directory replication is a good thing.
Sure, it is sometimes a pain in the backside when you
need to do something NOW!!!! and you have multiple DCs
with possibly multiple Sites in the picture. However,
with proper planning most of these situations can be
avoided. And the Support Tools sure do help!
I would further state that when you do have a "situation"
if you trace everything back you will find that someone
did not do his or her job in a timely manner. You know
the saying: " A lack of proper planning on your part does
not constitute an emergency on my part!". You have 15
people starting tomorrow morning and HR is just now
telling you about it ( and "now" is 7:15pm the evening
before they are to start! - how many times did I
literally experience that one? ).
Your Corporate Legal / HR team has just now informed you
that in 10 minutes Joe is going to be fired and they want
you to lock him out of everything: NOW! Well, it is
possible.
Take a look at the Support Tools and install them on all
of your WIN2000 / WIN2003 Servers. Naturally, install
the WIN2000 Support Tools from either the WIN2000 Server
CD or from the WIN2000 Service Pack CD on your WIN2000
Servers and the WIN2003 Support Tools from the WIN2003
Server CD on your WIN2003 Servers. Then take a look at
the Active Directory Replication Monitor Tool (
Replmon ). There is a whole lot that you can do with
this tool, including forcing replication to take place
RIGHT NOW! I have not yet played with the WIN2003 Server
Support Tools so I can only assume that Replmon is still
there!
Also, take a look at how replication really takes place.
Dig a little deeper, get past the surface and you will
find that it is really quite interesting how all of this
works so well.
Understand this: I am very aware of the "problems" with
Microsoft Products. Anyone who has dealt with MS
Products knows to expect some bugs. That is why a lot of
people wait for the first Service Pack to come out, and
then let others be their testing ground! However, I
truly believe that MS is catching up with all of this and
doing a pretty great job at putting security / stability
first ( over added functionality ). I worked for several
months at HAVAS Interactive in Torrance, CA and saw from
the inside what all goes into releasing an application.
And we are talking about children's educational
software! Hardly as complex as an Operating System or an
Office Suite.
I am sorry that you are having a bad experience.
HTH,
Cary
