Managing the ISTG and KCC

The ISTG and KCC play an important role in Active Directory replication.

Getting ready

To manage the ISTG and the KCC, you'll need to be signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group.

How to do it...

Moving the ISTG to another domain controller and disabling the KCC can be performed using Active Directory Sites and Services and the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell.

Using Active Directory Sites and Services

To move the ISTG to a different domain controller using Active Directory Sites and Services, perform these steps:

1. Press Start.
2. Search for Active Directory Sites and Services and select it from the search results or run dssite.msc. The Active Directory Sites and Services window appears.
3. In the left navigation pane, expand the Sites node.
4. In the left navigation pane, expand the Active Directory site for which you want to manage the ISTG.
5. Expand the Servers node.
6. Expand...