Verify global catalog DNS registrations

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To verify that a server is advertised as a global catalog server, verify the presence of DNS SRV resource records for the server. Restart the global catalog server prior to checking DNS registrations.

Administrative Credentials

To perform this procedure you must be a member of the Domain Users group.

To verify global catalog DNS registrations

  1. Open the DNS snap-in and connect to a domain controller in the forest root domain.

  2. Expand Forward Lookup Zones and then expand the forest root domain.

  3. Click the _tcp container.

  4. In the details pane, look in the Name column for _gc and in the Data column for the name of the server. The records that begin with _gc are global catalog SRV records.