http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Hi Patrick, I also agreed with Andrew, you have to just promote one DC as GC and exchange server will automatically discover the new GC. Regards Ajit kumar Blackberry & Messaging Support Engineer --- On Tue, 2/12/08, Andrew McHale <Andrew.McHale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Andrew McHale <Andrew.McHale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Would an extra GC server help? - exchange 2003 > To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 4:49 PM > Hi Patrick, > > > > According to the mailing list at www.activedir.org (an > awesome Active > Directory mailing list with both MVP's and Microsoft > Directory Services > designers subscribed) the more GC's the better, > particularly in a small > environment like yours (which sounds spookily like mine). > > > > You wouldn't want to have remote DC's as GC's > due to the amount of data > to be replicated, but when the DC's are directly > connected (via LAN) it > makes it quicker for Exchange to resolve things. > > > > As far as I know you don't need to do anything on the > Exchange server. > Just promote the other DC to GC and Exchange will find out > via AD > replication. > > > > I would advise you do some searching for past questions > regarding > multiple GC's on the activedir.org web site rather than > take what I have > said for gospel but this is what I have heard several times > I believe. > > > > Andrew > > > > > > From: Patrick [mailto:london31uk@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 02 December 2008 10:44 > To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Would an extra GC server help? > - exchange > 2003 > > > > Ok, so should not have any adverse effect. How do I then > point the new > GC to exchange ? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Brian Pituley <bpituley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, December 1, 2008 9:03:33 PM > Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Would an extra GC server help? > - exchange > 2003 > > AFAIK, redundant GCs are always a good idea. > > > > Brian Pituley > > Director of Information Technology > > T: 408-441-3611 > > F: 408-441-8405 > > E: bpituley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Patrick > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:48 PM > To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ExchangeList] Would an extra GC server help? - > exchange 2003 > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I have just inherited a new site, and it looks like they > are having > issues with thier main dc. > > > > I recently installed exchange 2003 on windows 2003, but all > of a sudden > exchange has started fall off, on closer inspection, it > looks like the > DC is having some sort of network issue, affecting dns and > GC. > > > > Current environment > > > > 2 DC's > > 1 Exchange server. All windows 2003. > > > > My question, would it help to make the second dc a Global > Catalog > server? so as to maintain some sort of redundancy while we > figure out > what to do with the Primary DC. Any issues to expect? or is > there no > point? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Patrick > > > > ________________________________ > > The information in this communication and any attachments > is > confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not > the intended > recipient, any use, review, dissemination, distribution or > copying of > this information is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this > communication in error please notify us immediately and > delete the > original message and any copies of it. > > Any opinions, conclusions or other information in this > message that do > not relate to the official business of the company are > neither given nor > endorsed by the company. > > Scion Capital, LLC(r) is a registered trademark of Scion > Capital, LLC > with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. > > ________________________________ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ ------------------------------------------------------- List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/exchangelist/ MSExchange Newsletter: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp MSExchange Articles and Tutorials: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/ MSExchange Blogs: http://blogs.msexchange.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe visit http://www.msexchange.org/pages/exchangelist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx