User guide

Chapter 2 - VMS Installation 2-7
Preparing Server for VMS Installation
it has been brought online as the active server. Use the following procedure to
enable Global Caching on backup servers.
1. From the Server Start menu, open the NTDS Site Settings Properties
window from:
Administrative Tools > Active Directory Sites and Services >
Default-First-Site-Name.
2. From the Site Settings tab shown in figure 2-5, select the Enable Universal
Group Membership Caching option to enable this function on the backup
server.
Figure 2-5 NTDS Site Settings
3. Click the OK button to complete this setting.
What this does is to cause the backup server to maintain its own global catalog
in addition to the catalog resident on the active server. In the event of a switch-
over, the backup server will operate until it is rebooted. At that time it will fail
to run if it cannot find the Global Catalog on the active server, unless it has its
own resident catalog, which this setting provides.