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Create a connection object on the current operations master

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To help ensure that the current role holder and the standby operations master are replication partners, you can manually create a Connection object between the two domain controllers. Even if a Connection object is generated automatically, it is recommended that you manually create one. The system can alter automatically created Connection objects at any time. Manually created connections remain the same until an administrator changes them.

You must know the current operations master role holder to perform the following procedure. To determine the current operations master role holders, see View the current operations master role holders.

Administrative Credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group in Active Directory.

To create a connection object on the current operations master

  1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.

  2. Expand the site name in which the standby operations master is located to display the Servers folder.

  3. Expand the Servers folder to see a list of the servers in that site.

  4. Expand the name of the server that is currently hosting the operations master role to display its NTDS Settings.

  5. Right-click NTDS Settings, click New, and then click Connection.

  6. In the Find Domain Controllers dialog box, select the name of the standby operations master, and then click OK.

  7. In the New Object-Connection dialog box, enter an appropriate name for the Connection object or accept the default name, and click OK.