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Sounds like the workstations and member servers look at the first AD server for DNS. Install DNS on one of the other AD servers and get the clients and other servers using it correctly. Then demote the first AD server - you should also make sure you have transferred and FMO roles from the AD DC before it is demoted.<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223346" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223346</a><br />

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Sounds like the workstations and member servers look at the first AD server for DNS. Install DNS on one of the other AD servers and get the clients and other servers using it correctly. Then demote the first AD server - you should also make sure you have transferred and FMO roles from the AD DC before it is demoted.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223346 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223346]


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I have 2 W2K &nbsp;AD servers and 2 W2K member servers using MS Terminal Server. I recently purchased a new server and promoted it an AD server with the intentions of taking the first AD server I had offline. I have a total of 3 now, including the server I am going to take offline. Well, my problem is whenever I take that first server offline, none of the workststions or member servers see the domain anymore. I thought all AD components were supposed to replicate across all AD servers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have 2 W2K  AD servers and 2 W2K member servers using MS Terminal Server. I recently purchased a new server and promoted it an AD server with the intentions of taking the first AD server I had offline. I have a total of 3 now, including the server I am going to take offline. Well, my problem is whenever I take that first server offline, none of the workststions or member servers see the domain anymore. I thought all AD components were supposed to replicate across all AD servers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Users cannot see the ad domain when the first ad server goes down.

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