Question

You work as the IT Administrator for a small corporate network. You have four domain controllers in your Main location: CorpDC, CorpDC2, CorpDC3, and CorpDC4. During installation, CorpDC2 and CorpDC3 were not made global catalog servers. You would like additional global catalog servers.

Your task in this lab is to designate CorpDC2 and CorpDC3 as global catalog servers.

Answer 1

To designate CorpDC2 and CorpDC3 as global catalog servers, open the Active Directory Sites and Services console, expand the Sites node, locate CorpDC2 and CorpDC3, right-click on CorpDC2 and select Properties, check the box next to Global Catalog, repeat the same steps for CorpDC3, and click OK to apply the changes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To designate CorpDC2 and CorpDC3 as global catalog servers, follow these steps:

1. Open the Active Directory Sites and Services console.
2. Expand the Sites node and then expand the site that contains the domain controllers.
3. Expand the Servers container and locate CorpDC2 and CorpDC3.
4. Right-click on CorpDC2 and select Properties.
5. In the General tab, check the box next to Global Catalog.
6. Repeat the same steps for CorpDC3.
7. Click OK to apply the changes.

After completing these steps, CorpDC2 and CorpDC3 will be designated as global catalog servers, allowing them to store a read-only copy of the Active Directory database for faster access to user and group information.