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Before transferring roles make sure you run dcdiag to check the health of the DC and domain this will make sure you will not have issues. Is the new Windows 2008 Server R2? Is the hold one R2 or just 2008 Server?<br />
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You might have to update schema depending on if the server is the same version as your current.
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Before transferring roles make sure you run dcdiag to check the health of the DC and domain this will make sure you will not have issues. Is the new Windows 2008 Server R2? Is the hold one R2 or just 2008 Server?

You might have to update schema depending on if the server is the same version as your current.

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pdc and bdc &nbsp;is for NT4. &nbsp;from windows 2000 onward there is no more PDC/BDC.<br />
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if you click a additional DC, the AD will be sync automatically. if you want to configure the replication setting, you need to run &nbsp;active directory site and service on the start menu :<br />
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<a href="http://www.ntweekly.com/?p=806" rel="ugc">http://www.ntweekly.com/?p=806</a>
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pdc and bdc  is for NT4.  from windows 2000 onward there is no more PDC/BDC.


if you click a additional DC, the AD will be sync automatically. if you want to configure the replication setting, you need to run  active directory site and service on the start menu :

http://www.ntweekly.com/?p=806 [http://www.ntweekly.com/?p=806]

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Thanks for the help. Everything is installed and working as it should.
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Thanks for the help. Everything is installed and working as it should.

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I currently have one server 2008 machine running Active Directory as my PDC and DNS. I just installed a second server that i would like to make into my new PDC and change the one that it is currently on to my secondary. What is the proper way of doing this so that all information is replicated including DNS.<br />
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Thanks.
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I currently have one server 2008 machine running Active Directory as my PDC and DNS. I just installed a second server that i would like to make into my new PDC and change the one that it is currently on to my secondary. What is the proper way of doing this so that all information is replicated including DNS.

Thanks.

Changing Primary and Secondary AD Server

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.