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Amos Aesoph
Sort of a hefty task at hand, I am hoping that there may be a step-by-step
guide or tutorial on this somewhere.
Currently have 1 Windows 2000 Domain controller. Runs AD, DNS, DHCP. Also
does some file serving. We would like to upgrade the hardware, including HDD
space, CPU, RAM, etc., basically a whole new machine. But, how hard is it
going to be to get this new machine to replace the old, without the rest of
the network noticing?
I figured I would bring the new machine up as a second domain controller,
allowing the AD stuff to replicate, as well as the DNS. DHCP I would just
have to configure once it is in place. After the replication, I would take
the current machine off-line, and hopefully everything will work...is this
the case? Is it possible to some how have this second machine have the same
host-name and IP address as the current machine (provided they are never
online together with this configuration)? Any thoughts on how best to
accomplish this goal? Also, any articles or how-to's you can point me to
will be greatly appreciated...
guide or tutorial on this somewhere.
Currently have 1 Windows 2000 Domain controller. Runs AD, DNS, DHCP. Also
does some file serving. We would like to upgrade the hardware, including HDD
space, CPU, RAM, etc., basically a whole new machine. But, how hard is it
going to be to get this new machine to replace the old, without the rest of
the network noticing?
I figured I would bring the new machine up as a second domain controller,
allowing the AD stuff to replicate, as well as the DNS. DHCP I would just
have to configure once it is in place. After the replication, I would take
the current machine off-line, and hopefully everything will work...is this
the case? Is it possible to some how have this second machine have the same
host-name and IP address as the current machine (provided they are never
online together with this configuration)? Any thoughts on how best to
accomplish this goal? Also, any articles or how-to's you can point me to
will be greatly appreciated...