Now that is much clearer than the Microsoft documentation for 2000 and NOW I truly understand what was being said. Thank you.
Jon On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > Client numbers are irrelevant. Infrastructure Master works by comparing > what it has in its database with what a GC has in its. If you make the IM a > GC, then when it compares its db with another GC there are no differences. > And the IM then doesn’t do anything. > > > > If you only have a single domain, then GCs don’t store anything more than > regular DCs. If all the DCs in the domain are also GCs, then there’s nothing > for the IM to do anyway. > > > > But if you have >1 domain, and not all DCs are GCs, then you need the IM to > do things. And that means the IM can not be on a GC. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, 4 September 2009 5:42 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: change operatins master > > > > That warning does not apply to a single (small) domain model if I remember > correctly. You would have issues if this were a multi-domain, large number > of clients type of setting. > > > > Jon > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:30 PM, James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ok it seems I will be ok transferring this role to a single DC since this > is a single forest single domain setup. Thanks for the help Erik. > > > > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2009 5:27 PM > > *Subject:* Re: change operatins master > > > > Thanks, going from ADUC on the 2003 DC did the trick. Now I'm reminded of > something. Getting a popup stating that infrastructure master role should > not be transferred to a GC server. Argh, its going to be the only server at > that site. Do I have really need to have two DCs at a small site? What may > happen if I hit yes to transfer the role? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2009 5:16 PM > > *Subject:* RE: change operatins master > > > > but no other servers in the list ??? > > > > Does the new server show up in Domain Controllers' container in ADUC ? > > > > ok, in ADUC, right click on the domain.local and you should have an option > to connect to another server, pick the one you want to house the role .... > > then click on Operations master and click the CHANGE button > > > > OR, if you did this from the 2008 server, the change should already be set > with the old server holding the role, and the new server in the second > position to Change to > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
