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Promoting a Seconday Domain Controller to Primary?
Good Afternoon Everyone:
I just built a server and set it as a secondary domain contoller. I am running Windows 2000 server. I would like to get rid of the old primary DC and have the new one I built(seconday DC) take over. Is there any process to do this or can I just unplug the old machine now that the AD was replicated to new server?
Thank You
Mike
I just built a server and set it as a secondary domain contoller. I am running Windows 2000 server. I would like to get rid of the old primary DC and have the new one I built(seconday DC) take over. Is there any process to do this or can I just unplug the old machine now that the AD was replicated to new server?
Thank You
Mike
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however.. 2 DC is so much better.. Any reason you cant keep one so you have redundancy?
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ecszone:
Yes, you are right. I want to unplug the old DC and rebuild it. These are file servers with AD on them. I want the new server I built to handle AD requests and file queries. I want to then put the rebuilt server back on the network as the seconday DC.
I appreciate your help
Mike
Yes, you are right. I want to unplug the old DC and rebuild it. These are file servers with AD on them. I want the new server I built to handle AD requests and file queries. I want to then put the rebuilt server back on the network as the seconday DC.
I appreciate your help
Mike
Role info
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504
I think the roles are supposed to move automatically, but i dont trust it.
i would do it manually.
common issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/332199/
still looking for another artucle i used.... have a meeting sorry
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504
I think the roles are supposed to move automatically, but i dont trust it.
i would do it manually.
common issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/332199/
still looking for another artucle i used.... have a meeting sorry
ahh ok. Im doing the same. its just xfering the roles and demoting it gracefully.
it is a mess if you just smoke it w/o demoting. ;)
it is a mess if you just smoke it w/o demoting. ;)
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Tired, apologies for the abysmal spelling/typo's in that post.
in addition to what keith says...
turn the box off a week or two once everything is transfered.
watch the event logs.. make sure nothing is missing it.
(or however much time allows.)
turn the box off a week or two once everything is transfered.
watch the event logs.. make sure nothing is missing it.
(or however much time allows.)
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Keith:
Nice to hear from you again. It is always comforting to get a second opinion from the "Yoda" of networking. I will have to split points on this on since you confirmed ecszone's opinion. I wish I could give you all the points (since you saved my butt on DNS issues here at work) but it would not be fair.
Thanks to you also ecszone!
Best Regards
Mike
Nice to hear from you again. It is always comforting to get a second opinion from the "Yoda" of networking. I will have to split points on this on since you confirmed ecszone's opinion. I wish I could give you all the points (since you saved my butt on DNS issues here at work) but it would not be fair.
Thanks to you also ecszone!
Best Regards
Mike
yoda! :o heh. thats alot to live up to! :)
and thanks
and thanks
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ecszone:
Thank you for your help. Your expertise is VERY much appreciated!
Sincerely
Mike
Thank you for your help. Your expertise is VERY much appreciated!
Sincerely
Mike
lol, almost felt like blushing ;) grin