John,
There is actually one possiblity for this. If your W2K domain is still in
mixed mode you can perform the steps outlined in KB 292541:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292541
blim
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--------------------
| >X-Tomcat-ID: 696603605
| >References: <
[email protected]>
| >MIME-Version: 1.0
| >Content-Type: text/plain
| >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| >From: (e-mail address removed) (Ben [MSFT])
| >Organization: Microsoft
| >Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:20:18 GMT
| >Subject: RE: DC
| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory
| >Message-ID: <
[email protected]>
| >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory
| >Lines: 73
| >Path: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl
| >Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory:57668
| >NNTP-Posting-Host: tomcatimport2.phx.gbl 10.201.218.182
| >
| >John,
| >
| >In W2K there is no real sense of PDC/BDC. Instead all DCs are equal in
| >that they all have writeable copies of the directory. Meaning updates
to
| >objects in AD can be made on any DC. Though one DC does hold the PDC
| >Emulator role which performs backward compatibilty and certain other
| >functions.
| >
| >Unfortunately in W2K once a domain is created you are unable to rename
it.
| >The only way to have this DC part of the same domain with your current
DCs
| >in a domain called internal.ourdomain.com would be to demote all current
| >DCs and repromote them all up into a new domain. You will end up
deleting
| >all users, groups, computers, etc. Also any applications that store
| >objects in AD will need to be fixed and also all ACLs utilizing domain
| >users and groups will need to be redone.
| >
| >One option in your scenario though would be to create a child domain in
the
| >forest called internal.ourdomain.com. You would then need to use
something
| >such as movetree or ADMT to migrate users, groups, computers, etc from
the
| >ourdomain.com to the child domain internal.ourdomain.com.
| >
| >*note, domain renames are now possible in W2K3 domains.
| >
| >blim
| >
| >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
| >
| >--------------------
| >| >From: "John Doe" <
[email protected]>
| >| >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory
| >| >Subject: DC
| >| >Lines: 9
| >| >X-Priority: 3
| >| >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
| >| >X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
| >| >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
| >| >Message-ID: <
[email protected]>
| >| >Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:37:58 GMT
| >| >NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.31.104.227
| >| >X-Complaints-To: (e-mail address removed)
| >| >X-Trace: twister.southeast.rr.com 1069875478 24.31.104.227 (Wed, 26
Nov
| >2003 14:37:58 EST)
| >| >NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:37:58 EST
| >| >Organization: RoadRunner - Triad
| >| >Path:
|
cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-onli
n
|
e.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshosting.com!news-x
f
|
er2.atl.newshosting.com!diablo.voicenet.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gn
i
|
link.net!cyclone.southeast.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.southea
s
| >t.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail
| >| >Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl
| >microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory:57655
| >| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory
| >| >
| >| >We are in the process of adding a new PDC to the domain but we would
also
| >| >like to rename our domain at this time. Originally it was set as
| >| ><ourdomain.com> and we would rather it be <internal.ourdomain.com>. I
| >| >understand how to bring the new DC up as a PDC for this new domain
but
| >how
| >| >do I get the new users to this domain without having to manually copy
| >| >profiles since the old domain would be invalid?
| >| >
| >| >
| >| >
| >| >
| >
| >
