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If you can move all the PDC roles to another controller along with the data then you can down the PDC without a problem. You could temporarily set a DNS entry to forward requests to the PDC server name to another server.
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If you can move all the PDC roles to another controller along with the data then you can down the PDC without a problem. You could temporarily set a DNS entry to forward requests to the PDC server name to another server.

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This may help:<br />
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<a href="http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm</a><br />

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This may help:

http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm [http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm]


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does the other domain controller have to be on the same site, some are R2 versions, do they have to be the same version, how do you set the dns entry, can you move the roles back as easily to the new rebuilt box
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does the other domain controller have to be on the same site, some are R2 versions, do they have to be the same version, how do you set the dns entry, can you move the roles back as easily to the new rebuilt box

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Hi guys<br />
I need some advice on a problem that i have, we have four independent sites with domain controllers on all four of them,(two on our main Site), our main server is in need of a re-build, it has all the PDC roles and contains all the data, what do we need to do to re-build this box without affecting out main site as well as the remaining sites, is this possible to do on a live setup our would it have to be done during off peak times, does anybody have and documentation or links on how to do this<br />
Thanks<br />

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Hi guys
I need some advice on a problem that i have, we have four independent sites with domain controllers on all four of them,(two on our main Site), our main server is in need of a re-build, it has all the PDC roles and contains all the data, what do we need to do to re-build this box without affecting out main site as well as the remaining sites, is this possible to do on a live setup our would it have to be done during off peak times, does anybody have and documentation or links on how to do this
Thanks


Main PDC Server rebuild

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).