I have to agree to the second option - they may not even know that they do it. Over the time people tend to forget about lag sites, want to force replication once in a while, and what the ... Are those checkboxes in replmon for? Do I want the information to replicate across sites? Sure! And right after hitting OK there's a "head banging against the monitor"-sound - Aahrg - Lag sites.
Gruesse - Sincerely, Ulf B. Simon-Weidner Profile & Publications: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=35E388DE-4885-4308-B489-F2F1214C811D Weblog: http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner Website: http://www.windowsserverfaq.org >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Parris >Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:26 PM >To: ActiveDir.org >Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD lag sites and replication > >Imagine a glass ceiling with a girl in a skirt standing on >it\man in a kilt standing on it and you're standing under the >ceiling someone tells you not to look up. Do you not lookup or >at somepoint lookup ? - even if you did not mean to - via a >mirror or some other third party method. The fact that you can >means at somestage you may do what you were not supposed to >see even if if you had no intention of doing so. Applying this >analogy to Mr Rustons scenario they may be trusted and do it >or they may have no intention of doing so - but have the >interlect of a tibetian Yak and do it anyway. Another Guinness >please...... > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Molkentin, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 02:52:28 >To:<ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org> >Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD lag sites and replication > >Neil asked... > >> I'm looking to implement one or more lag sites, with staggered >> replication schedules. (i.e. NYC lag replicates tues and thurs, 2-4 >> am; LON lag replicates mon, wed and fri 2-4 am). >> >> We're concerned that admins can still force replication outside of >> these hours using repadmin or replmon etc. >> >> Is there a (supported) way to ensure that replication can ONLY occur >> within the hours described above? > >Tell them not to? > >Seriously, if something is being put in place for a reason and >it is explained to them, why would they want to go and work >against it? Isn't the person implementing it someone in a >position of authority to say "this is how we'll solve this problem"? > >As always... "there are seldom good technological solutions to >behavioural problems". > >Given this is all hypothetical, and yet to be a problem, but >you get what I am regurgitating here. > >My $0.02 inc GST. > >themolk. >List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] r¯zm§ÿðÃœ¶+Þv*è®æ—ûa汫) List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
