There is a gotcha. If I remember correctly, When you UPromote a DC, It brings the server down to a standalone server. All the SAM information is transferred to the local account info. It re-ACLs everything to the new local accounts. You can join the server back to the domain as a member server, but all your file ACLs reference the local accounts not the domain accounts. You then would need to restore the NTFS permissions on that drive, to get them back.
It has been awhile since I have used this, so I hope this is accurate --EP -----Original Message----- From: Van Noy, Glen R [mailto:glen@;utdallas.edu] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] UPromote We used u-promote here and it worked great. glen _______________________________________ Glen R. Van Noy LAN/Server Support The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75080 972-883-6163 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Tony Murray [mailto:tony@;mail.activedir.org] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] UPromote Hi all Do anyone of you have experiences with 3rd party tools that claim to be able to successfully demote NT 4.0 Domain Controllers to a standalone server? It strikes me that this could potentially save a whole lot of effort in migration scenarios with a lot of BDCs. http://www.algintech.com/UTools/UPromote.asp The migration I'm working on has a large number of NT 4.0 domains (150+) and the NT 4.0 DCs are typically not dedicated - lots of File and Print, SQL, etc. I'm thinking there must be a gotcha with such tools - it just sounds too easy. Tony List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
