more than one domain controller

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Willem Steynberg

Hi,

I recently added a additional domain controller because
the currently one had exchange running on the same
machine. However I notice that when people sign into the
network they are still signing into the first DC not the
new one that I setup. I want the new DC that I setup to be
sort of the main DC that handles all the authentication
etc. How do I do this ?

thanks for the help
 
As Chriss3 says, there is no "default server" -- they share the load and
will
do so efficiently if you set them up correctly.

Follow Chris links but start with the knowledge that most such problems are
DNS related.

DNS must be dynamic, all internal clients must point ONLY to the same
dynamic
DNS (set) -- servers including DCs and DNS servers are clients too.

Run DCDiag on each DC and send the output to a file -- search for FAIL,
WARN,
ERROR and fix those problems.

Check the client NIC properties (on all machines) and make sure they all
point to the
correct DNS server set (and not the ISP or some irrelevant firewall.)
 
Hi,

I recently added a additional domain controller because
the currently one had exchange running on the same
machine. However I notice that when people sign into the
network they are still signing into the first DC not the
new one that I setup. I want the new DC that I setup to be
sort of the main DC that handles all the authentication
etc. How do I do this ?

thanks for the help
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As others have pointed out, there is no primary/secondary relationship
for DC's. However, you may want to make the new server a GC and move a
few FSMO roles from the first machine to the new one as well. Remove the
GC function from the first DC and you may see the second server
responding to more login requests.
 
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