RE: [ActiveDir] Offline Domain Controller

[Barber, Tom]

Title: Offline Domain Controller

As long as you don't change the other Domain Controllers (ie re-install W2K), I don't see any reason why the machine won't boot up and replicate the new changes.�   Something that may help tremendously is to demote the off-line machine to a member server, then promote it when it is back online.� This will effectively force a full copy of the AD onto the machine.� Otherwise, the machine will probably have a lot of traffic as it copies all the changes that have happened over the weeks.   Anyone else want to comment?   -Tom Barber Systems Manager Alfred State College Alfred, NY 14802 (607)587-3558   -----Original Message----- From: Hellman, Kory D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:36 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] Offline Domain Controller   I currently have a native mode domain set up within one active directory site.  There are 3 domain controllers in this site.  Because of some network issues, I had to take one of the domain controllers off of the network.  This domain controller does not have any roles associated with it (ie.. pdc emulator, schema master, etc).  My question is, how long can I have that domain controller off of the network?  It may be a few weeks before I can get it back online.  Will it just come back up and replicate or is there a time limit involved where the domain will no longer treat that domain controller as a valid controller in the domain? Thanks in advance. Kory Hellman, MCSE Information Technology Department State of North Dakota