preparealldomains & replication

[spectra84]

Prior to my ex2007 install, I plan to run /prepareAD and then /preparealldomains. I have 1 forest with 4 W2k3 domains.

I have seen recommendations to disable replication while I run /prepareAD, but should I have replication enabled when I then run /preparealldomains?

Any other suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

 

[Cstorms]

Well, I have a 2 DC setup in a single forest.. After I manually ran the prepare switches and installed Exchange I ran into a very weird problem when trying to mount the database coming up with MAPI errors. I ended up needing to force replication between DCs to relieve the problem even though I selected our primary dc for configuration data so I assumed it was ready to rock right away. Just a tidbit from my experience... Good luck!

Cory

 

[Zelandakh]

If you disable replication and during the prepAD you run into problems you haven't killed your domain.

It is "best practice" to disable replication but in practice I've never done it.