Restore Server configurations

Pearl · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 22

we have a separate restore forest where we have 3 restore servers. I am told
that even though the only purpose of this forest and servers is to conduct
mailbox recoveries from tape sources that we still need to consider how we
setup the FSMO roles and establish appropriate GC servers. I don't understand
that. I see it for production server environments but when all we will do in
our Restore Forest is to restore mailboxes to the various restore servers, I
don't see that there is any real importance for establishing FSMO roles on
each server. Why?

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Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:15:02 -0700, Pearl
wrote:

>we have a separate restore forest where we have 3 restore servers. I am told
>that even though the only purpose of this forest and servers is to conduct
>mailbox recoveries from tape sources that we still need to consider how we
>setup the FSMO roles and establish appropriate GC servers. I don't understand
>that. I see it for production server environments but when all we will do in
>our Restore Forest is to restore mailboxes to the various restore servers, I
>don't see that there is any real importance for establishing FSMO roles on
>each server. Why?

Is there any real importance there? Well, in your lab you can easily
stick all the FSMO on one DC and make it a GC as well. In production
there are best practices around them such as not making the IM a GC if
you're using multiple domains etc, but by and large, the SM, RIDM, DNM
can be GCs and can be on the same box. It's all a matter of
performance really. Your RIDM needs to be in the middle of the logical
network so it has the maximum chance of issuing RID numbers out
quickly and in a resilient manner.

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