time server Windows 2000 AD

[Guest]

Hello
I have root domain and a child domain. The child domain has 3 DC's one in US and another one in Mexico. The 2 DC's in US have all the FSMO roles defined on them (and they are all GC's as well), however when I perform the NET TIME commaond on the Exchange servers or any other server or workstation, it comes back with the server in Mexico as being the time serve, even though it is just a DC with no FSMO roles on it. It is in a different site however

Any help is greatly appreciated

TI

shariq

 

[ptwilliams]

Sounds like your sites aren't configured properly.

To start:

Check the correct subnets are assigned to the correct sites.
Check to make sure your replication links aren't transitive (disable
bridge all site links).
Oh, and make sure the PDCE is the authorative timesource, not the DC in
Mexico.

Are you using more than one site link, and have you let the KCC (and the
ISGT in this case) create the connection objects or have you created your
own?


Paul.
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Hello,
I have root domain and a child domain. The child domain has 3 DC's one

in US and another one in Mexico. The 2 DC's in US have all the FSMO roles
defined on them (and they are all GC's as well), however when I perform the
NET TIME commaond on the Exchange servers or any other server or
workstation, it comes back with the server in Mexico as being the time
serve, even though it is just a DC with no FSMO roles on it. It is in a
different site however.

 

[Guest]

subnet association looks fin
Replication links are not transitive - I am not sure what do you mean by that - the server in Mexico and the ones in US are all part of the same child domain
How do i make sure that PDCE is the authoritative timesource, reading the MS Tech article it seems that by default that would be the case
I created the connection between the Mexico and US site - is there a way to reverse it or change it so that KCC handles it? Since I created the link - how does that affect the time source? Does that give the DC in Mexico a higher preference

TI

Shariq

 

[ptwilliams]

I created the connection between the Mexico and US site - is there a way
to reverse it or change it so that KCC handles it?

Delete the connection object and the KCC (ISTG actually) will create a new
one providing connectivity exists.

Since I created the link - how does that affect the time source? Does that

give the DC in Mexico a higher preference?

No.
Unless you modified the w32time registry settings (which has nothing to do
with sites <g>).

Did you configure (using net time /setsntp:<fqdn>) the PDCE, or another box
to synchronise with an external source?

Transitive links are when A replicates with C through B (A-B-C). Ideally
you'll want direct connection objects. Are you only using the
DEFAULTSITELINK or have you created your own and assigned sites accordingly?

Just to be sure, run "dcdiag /v /c /e" and netdiag on both servers and look
for errors.


Paul.
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subnet association looks fine
Replication links are not transitive - I am not sure what do you mean by

that - the server in Mexico and the ones in US are all part of the same
child domain.

How do i make sure that PDCE is the authoritative timesource, reading the

MS Tech article it seems that by default that would be the case?

I created the connection between the Mexico and US site - is there a way

to reverse it or change it so that KCC handles it? Since I created the
link - how does that affect the time source? Does that give the DC in Mexico
a higher preference?