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I need to correct myself....
It is starting with eight Domain Controllers that things become a little bit
more interesting. I guess that I need to be more careful answering
questions after three nights with only two hours of sleep each night (
little man is teething! ).
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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012
Microsoft Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
"Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Greg,
>
> Not trying to be a turkey here, but have you looked at each of these
> objects?
>
> You will notice that there are different 'values'. Meaning, one is from
> DC02 and DC05 while another one is from DC02 and DC06 and etc. etc. etc.
>
> Do this: install the Support Tools from the WIN2000 Service Pack CD-Media
> ( assuming that you are running WIN2000 ) and then run repadmin /showreps
> and then run replmon ( use the graph to show you all of the connection
> objects.... ). You will notice very quickly something interesting.
>
> When you have two or three Domain Controllers all of them are 'partners'.
> But when you get up to four then this is no longer the case. Things
> become a little more interesting. There is a three hop rule ( meaning, no
> Domain Controller will be more than three 'hops' away from any other
> Domain Controller ).
>
> This is a really good question. It is a question that will help you get
> to learn a lot more about Active Directory replication. Just keep in mind
> that Active Directory Replication ( which comes in two forms: Intra-Site
> replication and Inter-Site replication ) is based on incoming connection
> objects ( which you will clearly see when you use repadmin /showreps and -
> sorry, I forgot one - repadmin /showconn ).
>
> Just know that you have to have Active Directory Sites and Services set up
> correctly ( by default, everything that you create will find itself in the
> 'Default-First-Site-Name' Site ). You do this by setting up the Sites (
> say that you have an office in Roanoke, VA and an office in Los Angeles,
> CA ...... you would have one Domain but two sites ) and then creating the
> Subnets and associating each Subnet with the correct Site. Our friend the
> KCC - with its little helper the ISTG - do most of the work for you -
> assuming that you do not change this ( which you can: you can let the KCC
> do everything for you; you can disable the KCC and set things up your
> self; or you can do a little yourself and then enable the KCC again so
> that it will 'finish' what you started ).
>
>
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24012
> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>
>
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
>
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>
>
>
> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B66D61DD-AFF2-48A5-8C16-A86CCEB1D126@microsoft.com...
>> In Active Directory Sites and Services, Sites, Servers, NTDS Settings,
>> why
>> are some connections <automatically generated>. We have 6 servers in the
>> site
>> with AD on all of them yet you will only see maybe 2 <automatically
>> generated
>>> connections under each NTDS settings? TIA
>
>
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