Raising Domain and Forest functional levels
Hiya,
Just a few questions on raising Domain and Forest Functional Levels.
1. Once you have upgraded the Domain functional level, how long should you wait before upgrading the forest functional level?
2. By raising the root domain functional level, will this automatically raise any child domains or do we need to raise the level on the PDC of the root domain then raise the level on the PDC in the child domain? Or do we do the child first then the root domain?
3. What is the best way to recover if things don't go to plan? For e.g With a root domain with 2 DCs and a child domain with 5 DCs?
4. If we are running at Windows 2000 native domain level with all Windows 2008 R2 servers, can we raise the domain functional level straight to Windows Server 2008 R2?
Just a few questions on raising Domain and Forest Functional Levels.
1. Once you have upgraded the Domain functional level, how long should you wait before upgrading the forest functional level?
2. By raising the root domain functional level, will this automatically raise any child domains or do we need to raise the level on the PDC of the root domain then raise the level on the PDC in the child domain? Or do we do the child first then the root domain?
3. What is the best way to recover if things don't go to plan? For e.g With a root domain with 2 DCs and a child domain with 5 DCs?
4. If we are running at Windows 2000 native domain level with all Windows 2008 R2 servers, can we raise the domain functional level straight to Windows Server 2008 R2?
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OK and then would it replicate to the other DCs with the old forest functional level in that particular domain without any intervention/restore to the other DCs?
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Great, Really useful information thanks
Lets hope I don't have to do a forest recovery ;-)
Lets hope I don't have to do a forest recovery ;-)
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Just one more question.
If we had to do a restore, what would be the first steps... Is there a specific FSMO role holder which would need restoring first like the schema or domain naming master and would you start on a child domain DC first or restore on a forest root DC
Thanks