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How to get the global catalog server name of my forest?

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Question added by siva alla
Date Posted: 2017/04/20
Islam Abdel Aziz, ITIL
by Islam Abdel Aziz, ITIL , Executive Manager , Reality Code

1- Open Active Directory Sites & services.

2- expand Sites.

3- Expand Default-First-Site-Name>

4- Expand Servers.

on the right pane you will find word GC " Global Catalog" under DC type beside Every GC server.

Mohamed Azarudeen
by Mohamed Azarudeen , IT Support Engineer / Identity Access Management , Tasheel

nslookup gc._msdcs.example.root 

which will get the list of GC

Amr Elsayed
by Amr Elsayed , Sr.Systems & Network Engineer , acting Infra Structure Section Head , EPROM " Egyptian Projects Operations & Maintenance" MIDOR Refinery Site

1- Open Active Directory Sites & services.

2- expand Sites.

3- Expand Default-First-Site-Name>

4- Expand Servers.

on the right pane you will find word GC " Global Catalog" under DC type beside Every GC server.

 

Another way using cmd

1. Open a CMD.EXE window.

2. Type the following command and press Enter:

nslookup gc._msdcs.%USERDNSDOMAIN%

Ali Saqib
by Ali Saqib , Senior Managing Consultant , Systems Limited

Get-ADForest Fabrikam.com | FL GlobalCatalogs

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