Domain Controller Global Catalog Server

This special condition for single domain forests is by design.

Domain controller global catalog server. In this article we ll see how to determine this using the graphical user interface gui and powershell. Open the properties of the ntds settings object. A global catalog is a distributed data storage that is stored in domain controllers also known as global catalog servers and is used for faster searching.

To make a domain controller a global catalog start by launching the active directory sites and services mmc snap in. Using the graphical user interface gui after you connect to dc open the active directory sites and services console. There are several ways to find out if a domain controller has the global catalog role enabled.

A global catalog provides a partial representation of the objects and. Ideally the dc in the root domain should be a. Open an elevated command prompt type the following command and press enter.

Double click the domain controller that you will be promoting to a global catalog as shown below. To add the global catalog using repadmin. I have a domain and a child domain.

Check the global catalog box shown. However only domain controllers that are designated as global catalog. Because every domain controller stores the only domain directory partition in the forest configuring each domain controller as a global catalog server does not require any additional disk space usage cpu usage or replication traffic.

It stores a complete copy of all objects in the directory of your domain and a partial copy of all objects of all other forest domains. Autrement dit ils peuvent. Select the global catalog check box.