Replicatoin Between two DCs.

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I have two Windows 2000 servers that are both DC and they replicate to each
other. I'm curious of what problems it may cause or what I will need to do
if I either change the ip addresses of both of them or upgrade them to 2003.
I'm not totally sure of what problems it will cause breaking the replication
link between the two of them. Any suggestions or input would be great.
 
Changing the IP's should not cause any problems as long as the servers can
still contact each other after the IP change. I have done this before with no
problems. The most you will see is errors in the event log saying that the
server was unable to replicate active directory, becasue it could not contat
the other server. That only going to happen while your TCP/IP link is broken.


Upgrading to W2k3 should be no problem, as long as they both stay domain
controllers..

Drum on....
 
1. if you just change the IPs, just make sure the A records update in the DNS.
2. If you would like upgrade to 2003 DC, you need to do more than that. check these pages,

Case Study Upgrade 2000 DC to 2003 DC · Recover Password · "The DSA object cannot be deleted" · Troubleshooting Virtual PC for Mac · TS remote session was disconnected ...
www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy.htm - Similar pages


How to promote and demote domain controllers How to upgrade Windows 2000 domain controllers to Windows Server 2003 This article discusses how to upgrade Microsoft Windows 2000 domain controllers to ...
www.howtonetworking.com/articles/dchowto.htm



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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I have two Windows 2000 servers that are both DC and they replicate to each
other. I'm curious of what problems it may cause or what I will need to do
if I either change the ip addresses of both of them or upgrade them to 2003.
I'm not totally sure of what problems it will cause breaking the replication
link between the two of them. Any suggestions or input would be great.
 
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