Showing posts with label Active Directory Replication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Active Directory Replication. Show all posts

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Active Directory Replication step by step

1) Setup IP Configuration :

  • Pune -(Primary) -  192.168.193.30  Gateway 192.168.193.1 DNS - 127.0.0.1 (Self)
    already setup active directory (ibm.com)
  • Mumbai - (Secondary) - 192.168.193.144 Gateway 192.168.193.1 DNS - 192.168.193.30 (Pune DC IP Address)

2) Setup Registry on Primary DC (Pune):

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\NTDS\Diagnostics -> Knowledge Consistency Checker = 3 (Hexadecimal) and restart

3) Create New Site (MUMBAI) on Primary DC (Pune):

4) Create New Subnet (mumbai - 192.168.193.0/24) on Primary DC (Pune):

5) NTDSUTIL on Primary DC (Pune):
  ntdsutil -> act inst ntds (Enter) you will get this msg: activate instance set to "ntds"
  ifm (Enter) : create sysvol full c:\database (enter) this process will export files to database folder --- share that database flder to everyone and copy all files to MUMBAI PC - C:\data folder

6) Data Copy on Mumbai DC :  and copy previous step shared database all files to C:\data folder

7) DCPROMO on Mumbai DC :   dcpromo  --> select advance mode installation -> NEXT 

     Select Existing Forest --> add new domain controller in Existing forest --> NEXT

     Type -  ibm.com   ...just below ... Click SET .....administrator & password --> NEXT

     Select - ibm.com (forest root domain)  --> NEXT

     Select a Site --> MUMBAI --> NEXT

     Additional domain controller option (keep as it is DNS & GC selected no RODC) ---> NEXT

    Some msg windows -- CLICK YES

   Select (2 option) --> Replicate data from media at the following location 
   and select location Browse  - -- C:\data (where we already copied data files) 

   Let wizard choose appropriate domian controller --> NEXT

   storage location c:\ ......   --> NEXT

   Enter password ... NEXT ...NEXT...after installation machine reboot automatically

   
8) On Primary DC (Pune): create users ...and setup IP site cost and repilcation inerval to 15 in active directory sites and services tool. and force manula replication if equired.