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Renaming existing Domain Controller's Name
Hi,
I have a question about renaming the name of the existing windows 2019 domain controller.
Say existing domain controller names are as follows:
DC1.consento.local
DC2.consento.local
and you like to change the names to:
PDC.consento.local
BDC.consento.local
I googled this subject and found conflicting articles:
First, this article (https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/103538-properly-renaming-a-domain-controller-server-2012r2) showed the following commands. I tried and seemed to have worked. I checked active directory users & computers and active directory sites and services and I could see renamed domain controllers.
netdom computername DC1.consento.local /add:PDC.consento.local
netdom computername DC1.consento.local /makeprimary:PDC.consento.
shutdown /r /t 0
netdom computername DC2.consento.local /add:BDC.consento.local
netdom computername DC2.consento.local /makeprimary:BDC.consento.
shutdown /r /t 0
But then I found this article (https://www.kieri.com/how-to-rename-windows-server-2016-domain-controller/) where talks about:
1. Demote existing domain controller first.
2. Rename it
3. Promote renamed DC.
Which one is correct?
I have a question about renaming the name of the existing windows 2019 domain controller.
Say existing domain controller names are as follows:
DC1.consento.local
DC2.consento.local
and you like to change the names to:
PDC.consento.local
BDC.consento.local
I googled this subject and found conflicting articles:
First, this article (https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/103538-properly-renaming-a-domain-controller-server-2012r2) showed the following commands. I tried and seemed to have worked. I checked active directory users & computers and active directory sites and services and I could see renamed domain controllers.
netdom computername DC1.consento.local /add:PDC.consento.local
netdom computername DC1.consento.local /makeprimary:PDC.consento.
shutdown /r /t 0
netdom computername DC2.consento.local /add:BDC.consento.local
netdom computername DC2.consento.local /makeprimary:BDC.consento.
shutdown /r /t 0
But then I found this article (https://www.kieri.com/how-to-rename-windows-server-2016-domain-controller/) where talks about:
1. Demote existing domain controller first.
2. Rename it
3. Promote renamed DC.
Which one is correct?
Windows Server 2019Active Directory
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sglee
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Agreed option 2
Demote and rename is 100% safer, also I would like to point out that you no longer have a "PDC" and "BDC"
Active directory is exactly that, it's active and as such, every domain controller is active (unless it's RODC) and you then have FSMO roles, namely the PDC emulator which deals with replication of passwords etc across your estate.
But no, you don't have a PDC and BDC in the same respect.
Regards
Alex
Active directory is exactly that, it's active and as such, every domain controller is active (unless it's RODC) and you then have FSMO roles, namely the PDC emulator which deals with replication of passwords etc across your estate.
But no, you don't have a PDC and BDC in the same respect.
Regards
Alex
ASKER
So the consensus is that we demote, rename and promote. Got it.
Thank you all.
Thank you all.