I'm running 2003 Server SP1 and have 2 Domain Controllers at my main site. I also have an Exchange box running at this site. One D.C. holds all of the operations master roles. It is also the only global catalog at this site. I was thinking about making the other DC a global catalog when I read this from Microsoft.
The relevant part states:
"Unless there is only one domain controller in the domain, the infrastructure master role should not be assigned to the domain controller that is hosting the global catalog. If the infrastructure master and global catalog are on the same domain controller, the infrastructure master will not function. The infrastructure master will never find data that is out of date, so it will never replicate any changes to the other domain controllers in the domain.
In the case where all of the domain controllers in a domain are also hosting the global catalog, all of the domain controllers will have the current data and it does not matter which domain controller holds the infrastructure master role."
So it sounds like I should definitly make the second DC a GC and then all should be well. I just was curious if anyone had any thoughts on this before I made the change. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/9c0f86c4-def6-42f5-9c1d-a9292b4905821033.mspx
The relevant part states:
"Unless there is only one domain controller in the domain, the infrastructure master role should not be assigned to the domain controller that is hosting the global catalog. If the infrastructure master and global catalog are on the same domain controller, the infrastructure master will not function. The infrastructure master will never find data that is out of date, so it will never replicate any changes to the other domain controllers in the domain.
In the case where all of the domain controllers in a domain are also hosting the global catalog, all of the domain controllers will have the current data and it does not matter which domain controller holds the infrastructure master role."
So it sounds like I should definitly make the second DC a GC and then all should be well. I just was curious if anyone had any thoughts on this before I made the change. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks.