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How can I find a GUID for a given object like a Dc or a User or any other?

Is it possible to remove the Root Domain having childs?

What about removing the Childs having grand-childs domains?

Is it possible to remove the Root domain and configure different top tree
domain to act like a Top Root Domain?

If I loose the Top root domain, do I lose all other domains?


Thank you

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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How can I find a GUID for a given object like a Dc or a User or any
other?

Use ldp.exe at a run command, then search for the object. Install the
Windows Support tools from the Windows cdrom. It's one of those tools.

Is it possible to remove the Root Domain having childs?

Not without compromising the whole forest. The root is the forest parent.
Loose the root, you MUST reinstall the whole mess from scratch, unless you
have a backup.

What about removing the Childs having grand-childs domains?

Same deal. Loose a child of children, need to reinstall the child's parent.
It's a hierarchy thing.

Is it possible to remove the Root domain and configure different top
tree domain to act like a Top Root Domain?

NOPE.



If I loose the Top root domain, do I lose all other domains?

YEP, including other trees.

Thank you

NP


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[Dave Shaw [MVP - Directory Services]]

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How can I find a GUID for a given object like a Dc or a User or any other?

The GUID is part of an object's identity. From the Active Directory
Programmer's Guide: "The identity GUID is stored in an attribute,
objectGUID, that is present on every object. The objectGUID attribute is
protected such that it cannot be altered or removed."

Is it possible to remove the Root Domain having childs?

It is possible - but without the root domain, the forest will eventually
fail and there is no way to transfer a "root" to another domain.

What about removing the Childs having grand-childs domains?

Domains in Windows Server 2003, in Forest Functional Level 2003, can be
restructured - meaning that a domain can technically be moved from one
locaiton in the forest to another.

Is it possible to remove the Root domain and configure different top tree
domain to act like a Top Root Domain?

No - as mentioned above. A root domain is and will always be a root domain.
However, in reference to the "restructuring" comment above, a domain
(including the root) may be renamed - however, it must always remain the
root.

If I loose the Top root domain, do I lose all other domains?

Effectively, that is the case. Lose the root - lose the forest.


-ds

 

[GIG]

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The GUID is part of an object's identity. From the Active Directory
Programmer's Guide: "The identity GUID is stored in an attribute,
objectGUID, that is present on every object. The objectGUID attribute is
protected such that it cannot be altered or removed."



It is possible - but without the root domain, the forest will eventually
fail and there is no way to transfer a "root" to another domain.



Domains in Windows Server 2003, in Forest Functional Level 2003, can be
restructured - meaning that a domain can technically be moved from one
locaiton in the forest to another.



No - as mentioned above. A root domain is and will always be a root
domain. However, in reference to the "restructuring" comment above, a
domain (including the root) may be renamed - however, it must always
remain the root.



Effectively, that is the case. Lose the root - lose the forest.


-ds

 

[GIG]

Hi Dave and Ace.
First of all I Like to thank you both for the time.
My gold with this questions is to have some understanding how to proceed in
case of permenent failure of any of the domains in a forest.


I ran ldp, although i can see many info , I can't see the GUID? (Could
someone tell me what i'm missing?).
I used Adsiedit to see the GUID, and locked for (objectGUID attribute like
Dave Said).

What about removing the Childs having grand-childs domains?

Domains in Windows Server 2003, in Forest Functional Level 2003, can be
restructured - meaning that a domain can technically be moved from one
locaiton in the forest to another.

You mean that if the child fails, I can move the related grandchild to a
different level in hierarchy or a different tree in a forest?
Is it possible to move a domain to a different forest?


Very app.
Regards.