Which is primary DC?

[circulent]

How can I tell which of my two DC's is the primary?

Thanks

 

[SDPT]

you mean the one that holds the schema?

Then find who is the schema master...

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[58sniper]

Drop to a CMD prompt and run
netdom query FSMO

That will show you which servers are responsible for those particular roles.

However, there really isn't a "primary" and "backup" like in previous versions of Windows (NT). All DCs are treated the same, with the exception of tasks that require the FSMO roles.

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[circulent]

great thanks guys

 

[LWComputingMVP]

There is no such thing as a PDC or BDC in Active Directory. There are FSMO roles - one of which is a PDC Emulator, but that's not quite the same as it was under NT4. In addition, it can be easily moved to any DC at any time.

Couple of References:
Svrops.com - FSMO Server Roles

http://www.svrops.com/svrops/documents/fsmo.htm

How To Find Servers That Hold Flexible Single Master Operations Roles

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234790