servers role

[Polp]

hallo,
i still do not understand well servers role in 2000+ domains. I have ask
several questions with answers which did not help me (i think they didnt
help me because I ask wrong question).

please, i need some links where to find information about server's role in
domain. its hard to explain what I need, but my knowledge ends witn NT4 PDC
and BDC and its behaviour when some of them crashes down.... But I really
dont know exactly how behaves for example ADC in domain when DC is down or
destroyed, if there is something like promoting ADC to DC (like NT4 did
promoting BC to PDC)... and so on. I have tryed to find some links myself,
but with no luck. I need to study this because planning to deploy more
server in our w2000 domain....

thanks for any help

Polp

 

[Karin Galli [MS]]

Check this link:

Managing Flexible Single-Master Operations
http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...chinfo/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbl_fsm_djnw.asp

Cheers!


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[Javier Gomez]

Hi Polp!

In addition of Karin's post...be aware that if you have an SBS server in the
domain all FSMO roles must be on the SBS box. You cannot transfer them.

 

[CZ]

hallo,
i still do not understand well servers role in 2000+ domains. I have ask
several questions with answers which did not help me (i think they didnt
help me because I ask wrong question).

please, i need some links where to find information about server's role in
domain. its hard to explain what I need, but my knowledge ends witn NT4 PDC
and BDC and its behaviour when some of them crashes down.... But I really
dont know exactly how behaves for example ADC in domain when DC is down or
destroyed, if there is something like promoting ADC to DC (like NT4 did
promoting BC to PDC)... and so on. I have tryed to find some links myself,
but with no luck. I need to study this because planning to deploy more
server in our w2000 domain....


Polp:


Re: Fault tolerance for DCs

NT Server 4.0:
One PDC, other DCs are BDCs.
Fault Tolerance (FT): can promote a BDC to be the PDC.

Win2k/Win2k3 Server:
Uses a new directory service called Active Directory (AD).
AD requires DCs, and the DCs are equal (peers) except for five Flexible
Server Master Operation role holder DCs.
In a forest, two of the FSMOs must be on one DC only (can be on same DC or
on different DCs).
The other three must be on one DC only in each domain (can be on same DC or
on different DCs).
FT: can transfer or seize a FSMO role to make another DC the new role
holder.

SBS2k3:
Supports one domain only.
Can only have one SBS2k3 server in that domain.
That one SBS2k3 server must have the five FSMO roles.
FT: none for the five FSMO roles.