Hi,
I have looked at this article re fsmo role placement (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223346). Some questions which have arised from it :
1) The article says add more replicas, but then also says, reduce the number of replication partners. Is this not contradictory?
2) If I remove the global catalog role from a server, does this in any way change replication behaviour?
3) The article mentions to have a standby role holder. Would this just a be an ordinary Windows Server and if I need to transfer roles, I promote this server to a DC and transfer the role?
Some other questions:
4) If I stop the ntds service on a DC, say for example on a PDCe DC, should I move this role to a new server? Does stopping this service take the server out of replication?
5) What's the reasoning for comparing USNs on DCs being pointless?
Sorry for the random questions!