Only 1 Global Catalog?

[Jason F]

Hello,

I have a 2 domain controller, single site domain. I recently installed the
second of these 2 domain controllers and decided to make it also a Global
catalog along wiht the first original Global Catalog. For some reason now,
when I run MS Exchange BPA it shows that I have only 1 GC in teh environment
and I have no idea why. Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoo this would
be appreciated.

[chriss3 [MVP]]

Hello Jason.
Install the Windows Support Tools found on your Windows CD.

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. Type nltest /dsgetdc:Domain_name /server:Server_Name, and then
press ENTER.
3. Verify that the server is advertising the "GC" flag. For example,
when you type the command, you will receive a message that is similar to the
following if the GC flag is present:

DC: \\Server_Name
Address: \\IP Address
Dom Guid: 47bc7d87-309e-4a2a-bac3-c9866a66bab8
Dom Name: Domain_name
Forest Name: Domain_name.com
Dc Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name
Our Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name
Flags: PDC GC DS LDAP KDC TIMESERV WRITABLE DNS_FOREST CLOSE_SITE
The command completed successfully
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Post by Jason F
Hello,
I have a 2 domain controller, single site domain. I recently installed the
second of these 2 domain controllers and decided to make it also a Global
catalog along wiht the first original Global Catalog. For some reason now,
when I run MS Exchange BPA it shows that I have only 1 GC in teh environment
and I have no idea why. Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoo this would
be appreciated.

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

are you sure the NEW DC is advertising as a GC?

use one of the following:
(1) run LDP, connect and check the value of isglobalcatalogready attribute.
it should be TRUE
(2) regedit, goto HKLM/system/services/CCS/services/NTDS/Global Catalog
Promotion Complete.... it should be 1

check event logs for errors messages
run:
DCDIAG /C /V /D
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# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

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Post by Jason F
Hello,
I have a 2 domain controller, single site domain. I recently installed the
second of these 2 domain controllers and decided to make it also a Global
catalog along wiht the first original Global Catalog. For some reason now,
when I run MS Exchange BPA it shows that I have only 1 GC in teh environment
and I have no idea why. Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoo this would
be appreciated.