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I have just put up a new W2K DC (on new hardware) and I'd like to put it into
place to replace an existing DC with older hardware (which I will remove and
later take out of service, after I'm sure everything works).
Existing servers:
ServerA (old hardware) - 10.10.10.1 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
ServerB (old hardware) - 10.10.10.2 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
ServerC (old hardware) - 10.10.10.3 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
New server:
ServerD (new hardware) - 10.10.10.10 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
all site clients point "statically" to any two of the above servers.
WINS is configured to use ServerB as the "center" of hub-n-spoke replication
(both server A and server C replicate only to server B not with each other.
The DNS zones are AD-integrated (and since I have promoted ServerD, I see
them within it's DNS utility already).
Here are the steps I intend to follow.
- On ServerD (follow KB300468) to move the any non-AD DNS zones - done.
- On serverD shutdown Wins service - done.
- On serverD set DNS/WINS client to point to serverB - reboot - done.
- On serverA set DNS/WINS client to point to serverB - reboot - done.
- On ServerB make sure WINS replicates OK now - done.
Tomorrow I will
- delete existing WINS replication between ServerA and ServerB.
- shutdown Wins service and set service to DISABLE on ServerA.
- Change IP on ServerA from 10.10.10.1 to 10.10.10.55 - Reboot.
then.
- Set WINS service on serverD to manual
- Shutdown WINS service on serverD and remove existing datafile.
- Change IP on ServerD from 10.10.10.10 to 10.10.10.1 (old serverA address)
- reboot ServerD.
- copy WINS.MDB from ServerA (per KB875419) to ServerD and start WINS service.
- set up WINS replication between ServerB and ServerD.
- verify that after replication ServerD has site wins records.
then a few days after everything appears OK.
- give GC role to ServerD
- take GC role away from ServerA
wait a few more days.
- Demote ServerA, check site replication, look for legacy objects.
- Shutdown, physically remove ServerA
questions:
1) I'm assuming that RE-ADDRESSING a DC changes the server's IP address
values in both the AD-integrated DNS zones and server netlogon.dns file - is
this true?
2) When the 10.10.10.1 WINS records are repopulated into ServerD (by either
the MDB copy or WINS replication, will serverD own them because it's now
10.10.10.1 or will they still reference ServerA.
place to replace an existing DC with older hardware (which I will remove and
later take out of service, after I'm sure everything works).
Existing servers:
ServerA (old hardware) - 10.10.10.1 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
ServerB (old hardware) - 10.10.10.2 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
ServerC (old hardware) - 10.10.10.3 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
New server:
ServerD (new hardware) - 10.10.10.10 - runs MS-DNS and WINS
all site clients point "statically" to any two of the above servers.
WINS is configured to use ServerB as the "center" of hub-n-spoke replication
(both server A and server C replicate only to server B not with each other.
The DNS zones are AD-integrated (and since I have promoted ServerD, I see
them within it's DNS utility already).
Here are the steps I intend to follow.
- On ServerD (follow KB300468) to move the any non-AD DNS zones - done.
- On serverD shutdown Wins service - done.
- On serverD set DNS/WINS client to point to serverB - reboot - done.
- On serverA set DNS/WINS client to point to serverB - reboot - done.
- On ServerB make sure WINS replicates OK now - done.
Tomorrow I will
- delete existing WINS replication between ServerA and ServerB.
- shutdown Wins service and set service to DISABLE on ServerA.
- Change IP on ServerA from 10.10.10.1 to 10.10.10.55 - Reboot.
then.
- Set WINS service on serverD to manual
- Shutdown WINS service on serverD and remove existing datafile.
- Change IP on ServerD from 10.10.10.10 to 10.10.10.1 (old serverA address)
- reboot ServerD.
- copy WINS.MDB from ServerA (per KB875419) to ServerD and start WINS service.
- set up WINS replication between ServerB and ServerD.
- verify that after replication ServerD has site wins records.
then a few days after everything appears OK.
- give GC role to ServerD
- take GC role away from ServerA
wait a few more days.
- Demote ServerA, check site replication, look for legacy objects.
- Shutdown, physically remove ServerA
questions:
1) I'm assuming that RE-ADDRESSING a DC changes the server's IP address
values in both the AD-integrated DNS zones and server netlogon.dns file - is
this true?
2) When the 10.10.10.1 WINS records are repopulated into ServerD (by either
the MDB copy or WINS replication, will serverD own them because it's now
10.10.10.1 or will they still reference ServerA.