How to Discover Site and Subnet Information By Using the ADMA (288561)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2
This article was previously published under Q288561

SUMMARY

This article describes how to successfully discover sites and subnet information by using the Active Directory management agent (ADMA). Site and subnet information can be discovered and then you can propagate it to the root domain configuration container of each forest. By doing this, users can locate devices (such as printers) in a consistent manner, independent of the forest or physical location from which they log on to Windows 2000.

Specifically, if you need to perform site and subnet synchronization, the following minimum object classes must be discovered:
  • configuration
  • container
  • subnetContainer
  • site
  • subnet

MORE INFORMATION

To Verify Site and Subnet Information in your Active Directory Forest

  1. In Active Directory Sites and Services, open the sites container for the site information.
  2. Open the subnet container for the subnet information.
  3. Verify the site and subnet information in each forest prior to performing an import.

To Include the Object Class

  1. Click Active Directory Management Agent.
  2. Click Config the MA, and then on the Active Directory Discovery Settings tab, click Active Directory Objects to Discover.
  3. Click the following objects in the Active Directory Objects to Discover box, and then click Add:

    Configuration
    Site
    SubnetContainer
    Subnet

  4. Run the MA once to populate the Configuration container object. There is a potential issue with the Domain Controller host name box not populating correctly on the Configuration container.For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    288560 Sites and Subnet Information Is Not Populated After Discovering Those Objects

Run the Management Agent

  1. On the Action panel, click Operate MA.
  2. Click Run Management Agent.

To manually populate the Domain Controller Host Name box on the Configuration container:
  1. Click the root domain object (such as "company.com") from the imported objects in connector space under the MA.
  2. Right-click the object, and then click Properties.
  3. Copy the contents of the Domain Controller Host Name box.
  4. Right-click the Configuration container object, and then click Properties
  5. If the Domain Controller Host Name box is empty, paste the contents that you copied in step 3 into the box.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/25/2006
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