Global catalog

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Tzafrir

hello,

I have an active directory site with one domain and two
domain controllers.
Both domain controllers are acting as global catalog.
I want to change the global catalog configuration, so that
the default global catalog would be the other server(not
the server that answering now).

how do I do it ?

Thanks

Tzafrir
 
Tzafrir said:
hello,

I have an active directory site with one domain and two
domain controllers.
Both domain controllers are acting as global catalog.
I want to change the global catalog configuration, so that
the default global catalog would be the other server(not
the server that answering now).
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If both DCs are also GCs then your clients that are trying to find a GC to
perform some query on , or as part of the login process; are locating them
by DNS lookup for the SRV record that represents a GC.
Clients will always use a GC that is in the same Active Directory site as
them, otherwise it can be any other GC.
If you do not wish to have both of them available to respond.
Either stop one of the servers being a GC.
OR
Alter the SRV records such that one of the GCs has a higher priority and
weighting then the other, so if a client has to choose between the 2 GCs it
will favour the one you want.

The Windows 2000 Resource Kit contains information on the format of the SRV
record and the function of the priority and weight values in the record.
The information you require is in the following chapter:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...indows2000serv/reskit/tcpip/part2/tcpch05.asp

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