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MS News
I want to move my AD domain controller to another computer. Can someone
point me in the right direction to do that?
point me in the right direction to do that?
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daniel
If by moving you mean you just want to have a different
machine to be your AD domain controller then it is pretty
simple. On the machine that you want to become your DC you
need to run dcpromo. This will make it a second domain
controller and will have a replica of all the AD database
and information. Next step is to run dcpromo on the
original domain controller. This will demote it to only a
member server and leave the second server as your AD
domain controller. Hope this helps, if I understood your
question correctly.
machine to be your AD domain controller then it is pretty
simple. On the machine that you want to become your DC you
need to run dcpromo. This will make it a second domain
controller and will have a replica of all the AD database
and information. Next step is to run dcpromo on the
original domain controller. This will demote it to only a
member server and leave the second server as your AD
domain controller. Hope this helps, if I understood your
question correctly.
J
Jack
There are four steps you need to follow:
1) Run dcpromo on the new machine and make it an
additional DC in an already exisitng domain.
1b) Make certain that everything has replicated properly
2) Make the new DC a Global Catalog
3) Transfer any FSMOs that exist on the firt DC
4) Then you can demote the old machine by running dcpromo.
If you are not sure on how to move FSMOs or how to
designate a Global Catalog, doing a seach at
http://support.microsoft.com should yield pretty good
results, as would searching http://www.deja.com
Good Luck,
-Jack
1) Run dcpromo on the new machine and make it an
additional DC in an already exisitng domain.
1b) Make certain that everything has replicated properly
2) Make the new DC a Global Catalog
3) Transfer any FSMOs that exist on the firt DC
4) Then you can demote the old machine by running dcpromo.
If you are not sure on how to move FSMOs or how to
designate a Global Catalog, doing a seach at
http://support.microsoft.com should yield pretty good
results, as would searching http://www.deja.com
Good Luck,
-Jack
C
Chriss3
FSMOs are transferd atuomatical on DC Demote.
//Christoffer Andersson
//Christoffer Andersson
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Jack
Maybe in 2k3, but not in 2000.
-----Original Message-----
FSMOs are transferd atuomatical on DC Demote.
//Christoffer Andersson
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Chriss3
No you are wrong, if you have another GC, the FSMO roles are transferd
automatical
automatical
J
Jack
Looks like I made a bad assumption. I just tested that
and it did indeed automatically transfer the roles. My
bad then.
and it did indeed automatically transfer the roles. My
bad then.
M
MS News
Ok, I ran DC promo and it could not find my AD in my primary DNS. I had to
change Primary DNS to the PDC computer. Then it ran. Which brings up another
question, should my AD be named after a fully qualified domain name.
corp.mydomain.com? Currently I named it corp.newco. which is the proper way?
change Primary DNS to the PDC computer. Then it ran. Which brings up another
question, should my AD be named after a fully qualified domain name.
corp.mydomain.com? Currently I named it corp.newco. which is the proper way?
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MS News
After saying that I wanted to move it, would I be better having two DCs?
would one fail over if the other goes down?
would one fail over if the other goes down?