Strange Issue

Guys,
I have a strange issue here on my Win2k3 Domain. I have my sites in a hub
and spoke topology. So Sites Links exist for A, B, C, D, E, etc. So we are
looking at A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc. Now I have one site,
let say A <--> E, that seems to have established replication partnership
with all the other sites while the others only establish partnership with
the Hub Site A, as I expect them to be. Can anyone tell me what might be
going on here
Thanks

Sites are set up in hub and spoke topology.
A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc
yes the default "Bridge all site links" is enabled.
Question? This site is now being brought into the AD structure so there is
no direct route to the hub site. It is currently connected to another spoke.
Could it be that these AD connection objects are there as a result of no
direct route and as a result they are just bridged connections?


"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" <> wrote in
message news:%23d%...
> Nik,
>
> Nik schrieb:
>> Guys,
>> I have a strange issue here on my Win2k3 Domain. I have my sites in a hub
>> and spoke topology. So Sites Links exist for A, B, C, D, E, etc. So we
>> are looking at A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc. Now I have
>> one site, let say A <--> E, that seems to have established replication
>> partnership with all the other sites while the others only establish
>> partnership with the Hub Site A, as I expect them to be. Can anyone tell
>> me what might be going on here
>
> How's the site setup? What do the site link cost look like? Have you
> enabled the "Bridge all site links" setting?
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
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"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" <> wrote in
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> Nik,
>
> Nik schrieb:
>> Ok, then so i take it this is not something to worry about. It's not like
>> an administrator did this manually this is all the work of AD. Lets say
>> the site being brought online is site E which has no direct route to Site
>> A (Hub), but it has immediate connection with site D which in turn has a
>> direct route to site A. Did I make any sense there?
>
> Yeah, that sounds reasonable. AD has some failover mechanisms that would
> help it replicate its changes although direct partners get shut down. In
> your scenario, it replication between E-D and D-A takes place. Now, in
> case D goes down, AD will try to fail over to create another direct rep
> connection between E-A - it just bridges the site links E-D/D-A to let rep
> happen until D gets up again.
>
> Cheers,
> Florian

I agree this sounds reasonable, as well as default, especially if Bridging
is enabled.

Ace

If a network isn't fully routed, it is suggested by Microsoft to disable
"Bridge All Site Links".
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...17(WS.10).aspx

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"Nik" <nik> wrote in message news:...
> Sites are set up in hub and spoke topology.
> A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc
> yes the default "Bridge all site links" is enabled.
> Question? This site is now being brought into the AD structure so there is
> no direct route to the hub site. It is currently connected to another
> spoke. Could it be that these AD connection objects are there as a result
> of no direct route and as a result they are just bridged connections?
>
>
> "Florian Frommherz [MVP]" <> wrote in
> message news:%23d%...
>> Nik,
>>
>> Nik schrieb:
>>> Guys,
>>> I have a strange issue here on my Win2k3 Domain. I have my sites in a
>>> hub and spoke topology. So Sites Links exist for A, B, C, D, E, etc. So
>>> we are looking at A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc. Now I
>>> have one site, let say A <--> E, that seems to have established
>>> replication partnership with all the other sites while the others only
>>> establish partnership with the Hub Site A, as I expect them to be. Can
>>> anyone tell me what might be going on here
>>
>> How's the site setup? What do the site link cost look like? Have you
>> enabled the "Bridge all site links" setting?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Florian
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
>> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
>> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
>> ANY advice you get on the Newsgroups should be tested thoroughly in your
>> lab.
>
>

Paul,
I've read the article and I understand. However, at this moment I would
prefer to leave site link bridging enabled. In addition this issue with the
site not being directly connected to the hub is temporary. So I can live
with the KCC creating all those connections for now.
Thanks Guys


"Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]" <pbbergs@no_spammsn.com> wrote in message
news:%...
> If a network isn't fully routed, it is suggested by Microsoft to disable
> "Bridge All Site Links".
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...17(WS.10).aspx
>
> --
> Paul Bergson
> MVP - Directory Services
> MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
> 2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
> Microsoft's Thrive IT Pro of the Month - June 2009
>
> http://www.pbbergs.com
>
> Please no e-mails, any questions should be posted in the NewsGroup This
> posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Nik" <nik> wrote in message news:...
>> Sites are set up in hub and spoke topology.
>> A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc
>> yes the default "Bridge all site links" is enabled.
>> Question? This site is now being brought into the AD structure so there
>> is no direct route to the hub site. It is currently connected to another
>> spoke. Could it be that these AD connection objects are there as a result
>> of no direct route and as a result they are just bridged connections?
>>
>>
>> "Florian Frommherz [MVP]" <> wrote in
>> message news:%23d%...
>>> Nik,
>>>
>>> Nik schrieb:
>>>> Guys,
>>>> I have a strange issue here on my Win2k3 Domain. I have my sites in a
>>>> hub and spoke topology. So Sites Links exist for A, B, C, D, E, etc. So
>>>> we are looking at A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc. Now I
>>>> have one site, let say A <--> E, that seems to have established
>>>> replication partnership with all the other sites while the others only
>>>> establish partnership with the Hub Site A, as I expect them to be. Can
>>>> anyone tell me what might be going on here
>>>
>>> How's the site setup? What do the site link cost look like? Have you
>>> enabled the "Bridge all site links" setting?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Florian
>>> --
>>> Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
>>> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
>>> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
>>> ANY advice you get on the Newsgroups should be tested thoroughly in your
>>> lab.
>>
>>
>
>

Hi
When "Bridge all site links" is enable, that means that the existing Site
Links are fully connected to each other which means that COs can be created
using those same site links until 3 Hops.
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I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.
Jorge Silva
MVP Directory Services

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"Nik" <nik> wrote in message news:...
> Guys,
> I have a strange issue here on my Win2k3 Domain. I have my sites in a hub
> and spoke topology. So Sites Links exist for A, B, C, D, E, etc. So we are
> looking at A <--> B, A <--> C, A <--> D, A <--> E, etc. Now I have one
> site, let say A <--> E, that seems to have established replication
> partnership with all the other sites while the others only establish
> partnership with the Hub Site A, as I expect them to be. Can anyone tell
> me what might be going on here
> Thanks
>
>
>
>