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Thanks<br />
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Lastly just forgot to mention that assign all network subnets to proper AD site in AD sites and services so that domain controllers will report to appropriate active directory sites<br />
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Mahesh.
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Thanks

Lastly just forgot to mention that assign all network subnets to proper AD site in AD sites and services so that domain controllers will report to appropriate active directory sites

Mahesh.

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The current AD toplogy in my Window 2008 + 2003 are designed as below. They are all generated automatically.<br />
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USDC001 is another site is the bridgehead server to replicated data from DC01 in another site. <br />
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1. How does AD determine to use DC01 rather than DC04 to synchronize with USDC001 ? Which settings should I set ?<br />
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2. &nbsp;DC01 will be decomission. So, should I manually add DC04 under &quot;USDC001&quot; before demote it ? Tks<br />
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Active Directory Sites and Services<br />
--------------------------<wbr />----------<wbr />----------<wbr />--<br />
Default-First-Site-Name <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DC04 (NTDS Settings -&gt; DC02)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DC01 (NTDS Settings -&gt; DC04 &amp;&nbsp;USDC0001<br />
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USA<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;USDC01 (NTDS Settings -&gt; USDC001)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;USDC001 (NTDS Settings -&gt; USDC01, DC01)
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The current AD toplogy in my Window 2008 + 2003 are designed as below. They are all generated automatically.

USDC001 is another site is the bridgehead server to replicated data from DC01 in another site. 

1. How does AD determine to use DC01 rather than DC04 to synchronize with USDC001 ? Which settings should I set ?

2.  DC01 will be decomission. So, should I manually add DC04 under "USDC001" before demote it ? Tks

Active Directory Sites and Services
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Default-First-Site-Name 
       DC04 (NTDS Settings -> DC02)
       DC01 (NTDS Settings -> DC04 & USDC0001


USA
       USDC01 (NTDS Settings -> USDC001)
       USDC001 (NTDS Settings -> USDC01, DC01)

Active Directory Sites and Services

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.