Setup 2nd Site to replicate AD & DNS

[Guest circulent]

Hi Folks,

 

We recently added a 2nd site linked via dedicated T-1 (point to point).

While the first site has two DC/DNS servers, we'd like to add one more to the

new site, and have AD & DNS replicated over.

 

What's the best process to do so? Should I just add the new server to the

domain first? Then promote it to a DC?

 

Thanks

[Guest Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Re: Setup 2nd Site to replicate AD & DNS

 

These how to may help,

 

Procedures of installing DC in remote office over VPN/WANAfter enabling RRAS on a DC with WINS and DNS server, you may have some Master Browser, WINS or/and connectivity issues. That reason is that VPN server is a ...

http://www.howtonetworking.com/domain/dcinremote1.htm

 

Windows AD and DCHow to replicate a domain controller to another dc. How to check AD DNS Registration. You should have four folders with the following names under DNS ...

http://www.howtonetworking.com/server/ad&dc.htm

 

 

 

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE

Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net

How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

"circulent" <circulent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AEB79CF-5B06-4222-ABE1-AD1AA21F0622@microsoft.com...

Hi Folks,

 

We recently added a 2nd site linked via dedicated T-1 (point to point).

While the first site has two DC/DNS servers, we'd like to add one more to the

new site, and have AD & DNS replicated over.

 

What's the best process to do so? Should I just add the new server to the

domain first? Then promote it to a DC?

 

Thanks

[Guest circulent]

Re: Setup 2nd Site to replicate AD & DNS

 

Are you sure these two articles are relevant? Neither of these articles

mention anything about about configureing AD Sites & Services.

 

Thoughts?

 

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> These how to may help,

>

> Procedures of installing DC in remote office over VPN/WANAfter enabling RRAS on a DC with WINS and DNS server, you may have some Master Browser, WINS or/and connectivity issues. That reason is that VPN server is a ...

> http://www.howtonetworking.com/domain/dcinremote1.htm

>

> Windows AD and DCHow to replicate a domain controller to another dc. How to check AD DNS Registration. You should have four folders with the following names under DNS ...

> http://www.howtonetworking.com/server/ad&dc.htm

>

>

>

> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE

> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net

> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

> "circulent" <circulent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AEB79CF-5B06-4222-ABE1-AD1AA21F0622@microsoft.com...

> Hi Folks,

>

> We recently added a 2nd site linked via dedicated T-1 (point to point).

> While the first site has two DC/DNS servers, we'd like to add one more to the

> new site, and have AD & DNS replicated over.

>

> What's the best process to do so? Should I just add the new server to the

> domain first? Then promote it to a DC?

>

> Thanks

[Guest Rob (Microsoft)]

RE: Setup 2nd Site to replicate AD & DNS

 

In the physical site, on the server, point DNS in TCP to the two DC's in the

main site

Install DNS

Run DCpromo

Once it is in the domain as DC make sure replication is working for FRS

Check your File replication event logs for a 13516 event id

 

Open up AD sites and services

Under the server that you added highlight your ntds settings

Right click on the replication object (automatically generated) and choose

replicate now.

If it says that it successfully replicated you are OK to proceed to the next

step

Leave the sites and services open on the new DC

 

 

On the main DC in the main site

Open Active Directory Sites and services

Create a new Logical site

Create a new subnet and point it to the logical site

Right click and move the new server into the new site

 

Go back to sites and services on the new DC and choose replicate now.

 

This should show up in the new site in a couple of minutes

 

DNS should replicate depending on whether you are replicating through the

forest or through domain in about 15 minutes in your DNS console

 

Once that has completed change the primary to point to itself and the

secondary to point to one of the other DC's

 

You may also want to consider making it a GC.

 

Thanks

 

On the

 

"circulent" wrote:

> Hi Folks,

>

> We recently added a 2nd site linked via dedicated T-1 (point to point).

> While the first site has two DC/DNS servers, we'd like to add one more to the

> new site, and have AD & DNS replicated over.

>

> What's the best process to do so? Should I just add the new server to the

> domain first? Then promote it to a DC?

>

> Thanks