It isn't the best test environment but it is infinitely better than no
test environment. If you have a QA environment that matches production
then I am perfectly fine with an entirely virtual test environment.
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Rocky Habeeb
*Sent:* Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:36 AM
*To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
*Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
Oh ...
So virtual is where my test environment should be ...
And that will adequately equate to a "real" production environment?
["Hmmmmmm ..." he wonders, "Could it be true?"]
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of *Deji
Akomolafe
*Sent:* 17 August, 2006 4:45 PM
*To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
*Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
That argument went out the window when the following happened:
Dell started selling desktops with jillion gigabyte drive space
for under $1000
Microsoft started giving away Virtual Server with very liberal
Windows Server 2003 licenses.
Us poor admins no longer needed bazillion dollars to create "test
environments".
Sorry, try another one :)
Sincerely,
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*From:* Gordon Pegue
*Sent:* Thu 8/17/2006 1:31 PM
*To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
*Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
What about us poor admins, who for a variety of reasons outside
their control, don't have a "test" environment?
I'm just a little guy, supporting a small business that doesn't
have kilobucks to spare for non-production equipment.
I sweat bullets every time MS issues updates and I spend a lot of
time researching each and every one of them before I apply...
Thanks
Gordon Pegue
System Administrator
Chavez Grieves Consulting Engineers
Albuquerque, NM
www.cg-engrs.com
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of
*Deji Akomolafe
*Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:53 AM
*To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
*Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
I completely disagree with you. I understand the thinking
behind the move-roles-before-patch stance. I just don't buy
into it. Test patch and be sure it doesn't kill things. Test
your config changes and be sure it doesn't break things. Test,
test and test more before you move into production.
Then deploy to production. IF, in spite of all your tests,
"something" goes wrong with one DC holding a specific role (or
- perish the thought - ALL your roles), it's no big deal. As
long as you have other DCs available to assume the roles, the
target DCwill not care how they got the roles (graceful
transfer or inelegant seizure).
It's good to have a script that moves roles as you desire, but
this does not fall into the realm of "best practice" in the
scheme of things. Your energy should be invested in
instituting a comprehensive patch/change management and
testing operations practice rather than figuring out where to
move roles to in case a patch eats your DC.
Sincerely,
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*From:* joe
*Sent:* Thu 8/17/2006 9:31 AM
*To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
*Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
I completely concur with Jorge on his process.
It takes a lot less hassle and a lot less feeling of concern to move a
FSMO
prior to an update of a machine than to have to seize the role later
regardless of the reason of it going down. Especially when you have a
script
that applies the NTSUTIL commands to move the roles. A move of all
roles in
a properly scripted environment is a procedure that takes all of about
10-15
seconds. A seize on the other hand isn't something you should just
quickly
think about doing, you need to work out the consequences and make a
determination in most cases whether or not you will ever bring that DC
back
up as it stands now. It is, IMO, a no-brainer if you have multiple DCs
as it
is isn't any real workload or concern to do it.
When I am doing production ops I *always* move roles prior to making
machine
specific updates. I never assume a server is going to come back up
after I
say restart or in fact even go down properly without hanging.
Now I understand the SBS thoughts behind it though... In the SBS world
if
you lost the DC, you have far greater issues than you lost a FSMO role
for
the moment. In the world outside of SBS, most people look at DCs as
expendable. You set up 10 of them in front of you and 5 fell down you
would
be like, crap, I will have to fix those at some point. You set up an
SBS DC
and it falls over there are skid marks where you were previously standing.
joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA
aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:48 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
As a person who tests/patches a bunch of single DCs.... I've never seen
a "patch" kill a server.
Driver update may and has, yes.
Impair functionality of the server, yes.
But kill it completely? Microsoft tests patches ahead of time and they
would find ahead of time if basic functionality of a DC would be nailed.
But if the server dies... it was probably on the emergency list prior to
patching. Rebooting the box first ensures that you find these 'hospital
bound' servers.
Almeida Pinto, Jorge de wrote:
> the reason is that is a DC dies during the patching you do not have to
seize the roles....IMHO, I prefer transfering over seizing
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten / Kind regards,
> Ing. Jorge de Almeida Pinto
> Senior Infrastructure Consultant
> MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
>
> LogicaCMG Nederland B.V. (BU RTINC Eindhoven)
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> ________________________________
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of John Strongosky
> Sent: Thu 2006-08-17 16:55
> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
>
>
> I cornfused is this a standard practice as I thought you did not want
to
move the FMSO roles back and forth.
>
> john
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Almeida Pinto,
Jorge de
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:33 AM
> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
>
>
> in addition to that....
> DC1 having FSMOset1 and DC2 having FSMOset2
> transfer FSMOset1 from DC1 to DC2
> apply patches to DC1 and reboot and check everything (event logs
DCdiag,
etc)
> if everything OK!
> transfer FSMOset1 and FSMOset2 from DC2 to DC1
> apply patches to DC2 and reboot and check everything (event logs
DCdiag,
etc)
> if everything OK!
> transfer FSMOset2 from DC1 to DC2
> voila (that's french)...done! ;-)
>
> jorge
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deji Akomolafe
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 01:52
> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
>
>
> It doesn't matter.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
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> -5.75, -3.23
> Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried
about
Yesterday? -anon
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: John Strongosky
> Sent: Tue 8/8/2006 4:49 PM
> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> Subject: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.
>
>
> We have our FMSO roles split between 2 dc's. They are Schema
Master/Domain Tree Operator on 1 and on 2, the roles PDC Emulator/Rid
Pool/Intrastate on the other. After I apply the patches from Microsoft
what
is the beat practices for the boot order...or does it matter?
>
> 1. Remote DC/GC's first
> 2. no. 1
> 3. then no 2.
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
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