Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

global catalog

Synopsis

Add an attribute to the global catalog, and create or move the global catalog to a different domain controller.

Procedures

Add an Attribute to the Global Catalog

This procedure is useful to speed up search queries across domains for an attribute that is not included by default in the global catalog. For example, you might want to add the Phone Number attribute for User objects to the global catalog so users can search for other users’ phone numbers easily in a multidomain forest:

Active Directory Schema → expand Attributes container → right-click on attribute → Properties → select “Replicate this attribute to the Global Catalog”

See schema in this chapter for more information on using the Active Directory Schema snap-in.

Create or Move a Global Catalog

To create a global catalog on the destination domain controller:

Active Directory Sites and Services → expand destination Site container → expand destination Servers container → right-click on destination domain controller → Properties → General → select Global Catalog

To remove the global catalog from the original domain controller:

Active Directory Sites and Services → expand original Site container → expand destination Servers container → right-click on original domain controller → Properties → General → deselect Global Catalog

Notes

• Adding a new attribute to the global catalog results in a full synchronization of all Active Directory information for all domains in the forest, which can create a lot of network ...