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Changing domain controller
We have two windows 2003 server based servers. One of them is a domain controller the other one is a member server, which used to be the main exchange server. I transferred the main exchange server role to a third member server and made this server just a member exchange server, but nothing resides in it. That means I can easily remove the exchange server from this server.
Now I want to promote this server to the main domain controller and the old domain controller to backup domain controller. What steps should I follow not to mess up our system in the process? Please advise.
Thank you,
Now I want to promote this server to the main domain controller and the old domain controller to backup domain controller. What steps should I follow not to mess up our system in the process? Please advise.
Thank you,
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What are the negatives to having a Global Catalog on a Domain Controller?
If all your domain controllers are Global Catalog servers then you can ignor the message. If you have domain controllers not running as GC's then you should move the Infrastructure role to one of those servers.
In a multi-domain environment if some and not all DCs are GCs and the Infrastrcuture master is a GC it can result in phantom objects - see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/248047
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When I tried to transfer the Infrastructure operations master role from the old DC to the new one I got the following message:
"<new DC> is a global catalog (GC) server. The infrastructure operations master role should not be transferred to a GC server. Please see help for more infomation. Are you certain you want to transfer the infrastructure operations master role to this GC server?
For this message I selected Yes. Would that create any problem to the configuration?
Thank you for your prompt assistance.