WD Lesson-22

Configuring Application Directory Partitions

• An application directory partition is a directory partition that is replicated only to specific domain controllers.
• Application directory partitions can contain any type of object except security principals (users, groups, and computers).

Purpose of an application directory partition:

■ Provides fault tolerance by replicating data to a specific domain controller or any set of domain controllers.

■ Reduces replication traffic because the application data is only replicated to specific domain controllers.

■ Applications or services that use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) can continue using it to access and store.

Tools used for Managing Application Directory Partitions

We can use the following tools to create, delete, or manage application directory partitions:

■ Application-specific tools from the application vendor

■ Ntdsutil command-line tool

■ Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

■ Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)

Creating an Application Directory Partition

At the domain management command prompt type:

create nc ApplicationDirectoryPartition DomainController

Where ApplicationDirectoryPartition is the distinguished name of the application directory partition we want to create, and DomainController is the DNS name of the domain controller.

Deleting an application directory partition

At the domain management command prompt type:

delete nc ApplicationDirectoryPartition

Where ApplicationDirectoryPartition is the distinguished name of the application directory partition we want to delete.

Managing Application Directory Partitions

At the domain management command prompt:

1. To add an application directory partition replica, type:

    add nc replica  ApplicationDirectoryPartition DomainController

2. To remove an application directory partition replica, type:

    remove nc replica ApplicationDirectoryPartition DomainController

3. To set a replication notification delay

    set nc replicate notification delay ApplicationDirectoryPartition DelayInSeconds AdditionalDelayInSeconds