How to remove automatically generated Replication links to the Dcs

[maverickuk26]

We did set up an Additional domain controller w2k3 in a existing domain. The dc is also a Dns server. Once Ad was installed i created a new Site in in Active directory sites and services and assigned it an Unique subnet and moved the Dc into the Site.

It is not a GC at this point. Once the replication was done KCC picked up all the dc's under the site link to replicate from /to this new DC.

Before this new DC all the replication was done to say server -1, but now this dc has added it self to all Dc. In short it is replicating from all the dc's and replicating to all the dc's.

is their a way i can avoid this and just point the new dc to replicate to Server-1 as it used to be with all Dc before this new install?

Any insight will be appreciated.

Many Thanks

[Winckle]

When you moved the DC into site, make sure the DC ip matches with the new subnet which you have assigned to the new site. Furthermore I dint understood what you exactly meant by saying “this dc has added itself to all Dc”? If you have 2 DCs then they both should have replicated with each other. If you have more than 2 DCs, what is the exact number?

If I just assume you have more than 23 DCs then let me tell you that they will generate their COs according with the configuration provided in ADSS.

[rossen]

Assuming that you are referring to the intersite replication, you can designate server-1 as the bridgehead server.

You can get more info about the same in this Microsoft Article: Description of Bridgehead Servers in Windows 2000

[Borgnine]

While searching for some more resources to help you out i came through an Article on Technet describing "Best practices for Active Directory Sites and Services." I think you must checkout the same, it will help you. You can get the same here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc755768.aspx