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Physically moving Root domain controllers

Hi We currently have a Windows 2000 multidomain environemnt. The netwokr currently looks like:

Pittshburgh- ROOTdomain.com and Child1.rootdomain.com (10.1.1.x/24)
Chicago - Child2.rootdomain.com (10.8.1.x/24)
Denver - Child3.rootdomain.com (10.6.1.x/24)

We need to move the root domain controllers from Pittsburgh to Chicago or Denver because the data ctr in Pittsburgh is going away.

1. Are there any major concerns with moving root DC from one location to another?
2. Should I move one to Chicago and one to Denver for fault tolerance?

Thanks, Jaime

Leandro Iacono

1. Are there any major concerns with moving root DC from one location to another?

Not really. You would just have to reconfigure your "Sites"

2. Should I move one to Chicago and one to Denver for fault tolerance?

That depends on you. You could have 2 DC in Denver and have Fault Tolerance or have one DC at each location.

In any case, if one of either fail than the other would be used, thus accomplishing fault tolerance.

What you really want to have in mind here is the Site Configruation.

Obviously its not the same if you have one DC at each site than if you have both at one location.

However, take the following example into notice.

Say that you have both root domain DC's at Denver.

Now lets say you are at Chicago, and want to create a new domain or you want to modify the schema. Since both those FSMO Roles are in Denver, you'll probably have to wait some time to connect to the Rootdomains.

If you would have one root DC in each location (meaning one root DC in each Site) it would be much "Faster" to connect to the root Domain DC and make the modifications.

Other than that, there is no reason to have one DC in one place and another DC in the other.

Just curious, where are all the root Domain users going? where are they going to be relocated?

If half of them are going to each location you would obviously locate one DC at each location ...

Do you understand where I'm going?

Hope so ... jejeje

Cheers!

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Leandro Iacono

I really don't understand what you meant by: "UICE,
<laughing>, you have asked many questions here. "

But as you said, and as I meant depending on some minor factors such as client relocation, where the DCs should go. Depending on where the DCs go, how you should reconfigure sites.

It is true I could of said that in 3 sentences like I did above, but I wanted to be a bit more poetic ... I guess ... lol

Anyways, good luck on the relocation mate.

No offense taken obviously SystmProg, but did you mean to say that what I suggested is incorrect? just curious ...

cheers, and nice seeing you around mate!

uICE

Nirmal Sharma

>>>No offense taken obviously SystmProg, but did you mean to say that what I suggested is incorrect? just curious ...

No man, it was a friendly talk. You are right at your place. First of all how can you think so much about me? Remember everytime you can't be professional even if you try your level best. Sometimes you have to see your back to have some fun.