RE: [ActiveDir] How to determine which is the default site

[Ruston, Neil]

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I guess 'he' is me, so thought I should respond :)   Based upon the excellent feedback received, it looks as though my concerns have been allayed. I was discussing this over a beer with an ex colleague and we both thought the behaviour in scenario 3 was different and hence the original post. I therefore don't really care which is/was the default site anymore, as you suggested.   Thanks to all, neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Wook Sent: 25 April 2005 23:06 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] How to determine which is the default site Yeah, if you don't have one numbered in the low thousands, then it's gone. I wonder which method he finally picked? Maybe he doesn't care anymore.   Wook   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:27 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] How to determine which is the default site   My lowest numbered site has a USN of > 1.8 million. Though I know I deleted the original one and probably 50 after that.     joe   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Wook Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:36 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] How to determine which is the default site From the tests I've run so far, it's been pretty consistent that the first site has a USNCreated of 4112 for an fresh Window 2003 AD. For forests that started life as Windows 2000, I've been seeing 3493, but at least one forest has it at 1171. Not sure what that's about.   Wook   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:24 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] How to determine which is the default site   Why?   Nothing I have seen in my experience would seem to indicate anything special about that first site, in fact my home test lab has been running with that first site deleted for some time now and I am running with other sites.   Someone mentioned looking at the GUIDs. GUIDs are not sequential, they are semi-randomly created, see MSDN for the algorithm. Trying to divine order from them would be fruitless.   Here would be a simple command line to find the oldest site   adfind -config -f objectcategory=site whencreated -sort whencreated -maxe 1     This would look at the config container, find all site objects, sort them by whenCreated, then return the DN and whenCreated attribute for the first one.      joe         From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruston, Neil Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:54 AM To: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org' Subject: [ActiveDir] How to determine which is the default site At some point in the dim, dark past, the default site was renamed (I assume it was not removed!) Does anyone have a quick and easy way to determine which of the existing sites was once the default site? [It has been suggested that I look at the create date for all the sites and that the oldest one will be the default site :) I have >100 sites so need something more elegant/quicker. ] Any suggestions more than welcome. Thanks, neil ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ============================================================================== ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ==============================================================================