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2. LauraEHu... 560,056
3. Chris-Dent 494,756
4. tigermatt 423,138
5. Jay_Jay70 274,188
6. oBdA 259,067
7. ChiefIT 173,792
8. henjoh09 164,854
9. toniur 153,822
10. ryansoto 142,524
11. martin_b... 132,353
12. Netman66 131,439
13. RobSamp... 121,234
14. leew 117,902
15. dariusg 112,685
16. Sembee 100,203
17. RobWill 98,845
18. Paka 97,780
19. TechSoEasy 95,125
20. mattee76 91,380
21. PlaceboC6 90,504
22. slam69 88,415
23. Pber 87,097
24. merowinger 82,736
25. Shift-3 77,650

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4. Jay_Jay70 639,011
5. oBdA 523,521
6. tigermatt 518,069
7. toniur 464,960
8. Sembee 395,282
9. Netman66 369,297
10. leew 265,453
11. TechSoEasy 226,880
12. ChiefIT 218,842
13. Pber 207,160
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Are there issues if I remove DCs that host the FSMO roles from my domain temporarily and some DCs remain active??

Asked by bndit in Active Directory, Windows 2003 Server

Tags: Microsoft, Server 2003, R2 SP2, Active Directory Services 2003

Let me describe my environment:

2 AD sites (Site A and Site B)
1 root domain (Root domain)
1 production domain (Production domain)

Site A
2 root DCs (FSMO roles)
2 production DCs (FSMO roles)

Site B
2 root DCs
1 production DC

Site A is getting ready to undergo a planned power outage no longer than 24hrs. Thus, The DCs that host the FSMO roles for the forest will be temporarily unavailable for this time. The DCs will remain online. Will there be any issues in this scenario when the DCs in Site A come back online? Has someone out there been through this before? If so, what are the recommendations? I know that the DCs will not be tombstoned since it takes approx. 60 days for this. I'm just not sure about possible replications issues especially since the FSMO roles will be off.

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Are there issues if I remove DCs that host the FSMO roles from my domain temporarily and some DCs remain active??

Asked by bndit in Active Directory, Windows 2003 Server

Tags: Microsoft, Server 2003, R2 SP2, Active Directory Services 2003

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