You are the network administrator for your company. The company operates a main office and one branch office.
The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. The two offices are connected by a dedicated framerelay line. Each office contains one domain controller.
Each domain controller runs the DNS Server service and hosts an Active Directoryintegrated zone.
In each office, all computers are configured to use the local DNS server for DNS name resolution.
Each office contains one Exchange Server 2003 computer, which hosts all user mailboxes for that office.
The domain controller and the Exchange server in the main office are named DC1 and Exch1, respectively.
The domain controller and the Exchange server in the branch office are named DC2 and Exch2, respectively.
Monday morning, users in the branch office report that they cannot connect to Exch2.
You discover that no Exchange services will start on Exch2. When you restart Exch2, the services fail to start.
You discover that the framerelay line between the two offices is in a state of failure. After restoring the framerelay line, you restart Exch2.
All Exchange services start successfully. You need to ensure that failures in the framerelay line will not prevent either Exchange server from starting normally.
What should you do?
A.
Configure Exch2 to have a static route to DC2.
B.
Configure Exch2 to force the selection of DC1 as a global catalog server.
C.
Modify the Active Directory configuration so that DC2 is a global catalog server.
D.
Remove all existing Active Directory connection objects, and manually create a new connection object between DC1 and DC2.
Explanation:
The Exchange services will fail if a global catalog can�t be contacted. Enabling a GC on the domain controller in the remote office will
enable the functionality of the Exchange server even if the link fails.
Reference
XADM: The Information Store Service May Fail to Start and an Error Message May Be Displayed KB 303186 How to Troubleshoot
Exchange Server 2003 System Attendant When It Does Not Start 821907