Single Forest, Single Tree Design:


Site:X

FZ.edu

:Three Domain Controllers: DC-FZ-1, DC-FZ-2, DC-FZ-3:

DC-FZ-1 [Schema Master & Domain Naming Master]

DC-FZ-2 [RID, PDC Emulator, Infrastructure]

DC-FZ-3 [Global Catalog]



Site:Y

Child.FZ.edu

:Two Domain Controllers: DC-Child-1, & DC-Child-2:

DC-Child-1 [RID, PDC Emulator, Infrastructure]

DC-Child-2 [Global Catalog]




Site:X & Site:Y has high bandwidth availability. Site Subnets, Transports and Links have been established.

Replication:

Inter-Site: Scheduled At Mid-Night.

Intra-Site: Notify & Pull.

Domain-Functional Level: Windows 2000 Mixed.

Forest-Functional Level: Windows 2000.


Let's say a new User has been added at DC-Child-1: Since Intra-Site replication is Notify & Pull,

1] Say, DC-Child-1 Notifies DC-Child-2 of the new User at 10:00 am. Is the replication to DC-Child-2 immediate?

2] Who will notify the Global Catalog in Child.FZ.edu of the new User?

3] Since Inter-Site replication is scheduled at mid-night, does the Global Catalog in FZ.edu have to wait until mid-night? If so, aren't the Global Catalog's out-of-synch?

4] What is the role of Infrastructure Master?

5] I've read that Infrastructure and Global Catalog should NOT be on the same server? Why is it?


Thanks