Global Catalog –> Why You Should Reboot When Promoting a New GC
2008-08-13 Initial Post
From http://technet.microsoft.com. . . on 2008-08-13:
Two significant problems can occur in Exchange 2000 when promoting a domain controller to a GC:
• The Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) is not automatically enabled.
• The GC can start advertising itself before replication has completed.
Regarding the first point, promoting a domain controller to a GC does not prompt you to reboot, however, the Named Service Provider Interface (NSPI, the API used for Microsoft Outlook Address Book lookups) is not dynamically enabled after domain controller promotion; a reboot is required.
