3.20. Finding the Domain Controllers or Global Catalog Servers in a Site
Problem
You want a list of the domain controllers or global catalog servers in a specific site.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in.
In the right pane, expand the site that contains the domain controller.
For the list of domain controllers, expand the
Servers
container.To find the global catalog servers, expand each domain controller, right-click on
NTDS Settings
, and select Properties.Global catalog servers will have the box checked beside Global Catalog.
Using a command-line interface
The following query finds all domain controllers in specified site.
> dsquery server -site <SiteName>
To find only the global catalog servers in a site, use the same
command with the -isgc
option.
> dsquery server -site <SiteName>
-isgc
Using VBScript
' This code prints the domain controllers in a site and then ' prints the global catalog servers in the site ' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------ strSite = "<SiteName>
" ' e.g. Default-First-Site-Name strForest = "<ForestDNSName>
" ' e.g. rallencorp.com ' ------ END CONFIGURATION --------- set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://" & strForest & "/RootDSE") strADsPath = "<LDAP://cn=servers,cn=" & strSite & ",cn=sites," & _ objRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext") & ">;" strFilter = "(objectcategory=ntdsdsa);" strAttrs = "distinguishedName;" strScope = "SubTree" WScript.Echo "Domain controllers in " & strSite & ":" set objConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") ...
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