Powershell - Sites and Subnets

Sites and Subnets (GUI)

In this Try It you will create an additional site for the Toronto office and assign a subnet to that site.

Create a Site for Toronto

1. Sign in to LON‑DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Sites and Services.
3. Expand Sites and notice there is only one site called Default-First-Site-Name. This site was created when the domain controller was installed.
4. Right-click the Default-First-Site-Name and Rename the site to London.
5. Right-click Sites, and then click New Site.
• Name: Toronto
• Select a site-link object for this site: DEFAULTIPSITELINK

1. Read the messages about additional configuration tasks for the Toronto site such as: linking to other sites, adding subnets to the site, installing domain controllers in the site, or moving existing domain controllers into the site.
2. Verify that the Toronto site now displays in the Sites list.

Create IP subnets associated with the Toronto and London sites

1. Right-click Subnets, and then click New Subnet.

• Prefix: 172.16.1.0/24.
• Select a site object for this prefix: Toronto

1. Right-click Subnets, and then click New Subnet.

• Prefix: 172.16.100.0/24.
• Select a site object for this prefix: London

1. In the navigation pane, click the Subnets folder. Verify in the right pane that the two subnets are created and associated with their appropriate site.

Move a domain controller to the Toronto site

1. Expand the Toronto site and the Servers folder.
2. Notice there are no domain controllers for this site.
3. Expand the London site and the Servers folder.
4. Notice there are two domain controllers for this site: LON-DC1 and LON-DC2.
5. Right-click LON-DC2 and Move the domain controller to the Toronto site.
6. Verify the Toronto site now has a domain controller.

Configure site-links between the sites

1. Expand Sites, expand Inter-Site Transports, and then click the IP folder.
2. Notice there is only one site link that replicates every 180 minutes.
3. Right-click IP, and then click New Site Link.
4. Name the link LON-TOR. This link will configure the replication between London and Toronto.
5. Right-click the completed LON-TOR site link, and click Properties.
6. Notice you can change the Cost and Replicate every values.
7. Click Change Schedule.

• Using the mouse, click at the Monday at 9:00 AM tile and drag the cursor to the Friday at 3:00 PM tile.
• Click Replication Not Available.
• Notice the white area where during high traffic times replication to the Toronto site will not occur.