Cannot rename using the same name

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Hi, my mailserver (Server 2003) died recently...her name was MAILSVR.

Then i go to AD under my Server OU i manually deleted the name MAILSVR.

Then on the same day i setup another new Mail Server (also runs Server 2003)
with the name TEMPMAILSVR. After transfering all Mail related stuffs i tried
renaming the TEMPMAILSVR to MAILSVR it fails with the error msg below:-

*********************START ERROR MSG***********************
The following error occurred attempting to change the computer name to
“newcomputernameâ€: (The domain “mydomain†was joined under the old computer
name “oldcomputernameâ€)

The account already exist
*********************START ERROR MSG***********************

This (error msg) normally happens to my XP clients (if i wanted to reuse the
pcname) and i normally delete the entry from AD > restart the PC > Rename and
it works fine.

Why can't i reuse the MAILSVR name immediately after removing the entry from
AD ? even after restarting 4 times ?

Eventually, i used a different name for my mail server.After 2 days i tried
renaming to MAILSVR and it worked.

My question is :

Is there any other entry that needs to be removed from AD a part from the
SERVERNAME in order for me to be able to REUSE the SAME name IMMEDIATELY ?

Experts please advise, your helps are always appreciated.

Thanking you in Advance.
 
My only thought here is it could have been because of replication latency.
You didn't give AD enough time to sync everything up between the dc's before
the rename occurred.

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Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT

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Did you go through and clean up your DNS / WINS before trying to rename the
computer?


hth
DDS
 
Hi, if it's replication latency and as you've said the AD needs time to sync
between DC's , how can i check to confirm that both of my DC's have already
synched ? can i set a specific time interval for it to sync ?

Is there a way for me to force it to sync so that i can rename ?

Thanking you in advance
 
Well if same site 15 minutes otherwise if a second site about 3 hours.

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Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT

http://www.pbbergs.com

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Look for entries for the MAILSVR that have the IP address of the old server
and delete them.

hth
DDS
 
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