Can I rename my non-ad dns?

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Ned Hart

Well, last night I followed the instructions from a prior post to the
newsgroups and moved my primary dns/dhcp/wins running on win2k to new
hardware. I copied the dns and wins files over to the new server, and
I used DHCPexim for dhcp. I then moved the ip address settings over
to the new server and shut down the old server. It seems to be working
and now I want to remove the old server from the domain and rename the
new one to match the name of the original server. I will be moving
the secondary dns/dhcp today, so I'll be checking the group for a
response. Maybe I can rename them today.


Thanks
 
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Ned Hart said:
Well, last night I followed the instructions from a prior post to the
newsgroups and moved my primary dns/dhcp/wins running on win2k to new
hardware. I copied the dns and wins files over to the new server, and
I used DHCPexim for dhcp. I then moved the ip address settings over
to the new server and shut down the old server. It seems to be working
and now I want to remove the old server from the domain and rename the
new one to match the name of the original server. I will be moving
the secondary dns/dhcp today, so I'll be checking the group for a
response. Maybe I can rename them today.


Thanks
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Was the old server a domain controller? If so, you can't rename a DC.

If the old one was a DC and it wasn't demoted properly, then you would have
to perform a Metadata cleanup of the AD database to remove it's reference
out of the database. ]

Can you elaborate a bit more please...


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Ace

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
Hello Mr. Fekay

Thanks for responding. The servers are joined to the domain but are
not DCs. They run Wins/dhcp/dns. I just wanted to make sure that
renaming them would not cause too much trouble.

Thanks again.

Ace Fekay said:
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Ned Hart said:
Well, last night I followed the instructions from a prior post to the
newsgroups and moved my primary dns/dhcp/wins running on win2k to new
hardware. I copied the dns and wins files over to the new server, and
I used DHCPexim for dhcp. I then moved the ip address settings over
to the new server and shut down the old server. It seems to be working
and now I want to remove the old server from the domain and rename the
new one to match the name of the original server. I will be moving
the secondary dns/dhcp today, so I'll be checking the group for a
response. Maybe I can rename them today.


Thanks
Click to expand...

Was the old server a domain controller? If so, you can't rename a DC.

If the old one was a DC and it wasn't demoted properly, then you would have
to perform a Metadata cleanup of the AD database to remove it's reference
out of the database. ]

Can you elaborate a bit more please...


--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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Ned Hart said:
Hello Mr. Fekay

Thanks for responding. The servers are joined to the domain but are
not DCs. They run Wins/dhcp/dns. I just wanted to make sure that
renaming them would not cause too much trouble.

Thanks again.
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Sure, then, they are renameable. Only problem is that YOU need to determine
what machines have mapped drives to them or other services/applications that
may be using these machines and connecting to them by their names. I won;t
be able to tell you that part.

As for DNS/WINS/DHCP, when you access them thru the console, if you are
connecting to them by name, then you would need to redo the names in the
console that they connect to them by. As for DNS, you would have to manually
correct the new name in the Nameservers tab too. Go thru it with a fine
tooth comb after you make the change, make sure that the old name is not
pingable or referenced anywhere anymore. Use pings, nslookup, and go thru
your WINS records to ensure this too.


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Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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