Well, I cannot say that all 233 DCs that were demoted are in the Name Server list on the surviving DCs lists. But, a great portion of them are.
When we demoted the DCs, we did not remove DNS for fear that some workstation somewhere was still using the demoted DC for DNS. So I just am not sure what to do about the reminents. Also, have you noticed that after a demotion, FRS retains some settings in the registry under HKLC\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\NTFRS? Check out a member server that does not run FRS to notice what is left behind. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org] > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] REPOST: AD Integrated DNS Name Servers After > Demotion > > John, > > I haven't seen this behavior, though I don't doubt that it exists for you. > If I can relate back to you what you've said, to make sure that I > understand: > > You've demoted a number of DCs, and the appropriate entries have been > removed from AD, including the SYSVOL and the object in the DC OU. But, > the DC are still listed in the domain as a name server on an AD-Integrated > DNS that still hosts the namespace. > > If this is the case, I can say that I haven't seen this in our > environment. We're in the middle of a cross forest migration, and I've > demoted about 30 DCs and moved them to another forest - and the NS records > and name listings are not on the DNS in the old forest. > > Re-direct me if this is not an accurate representation. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - <www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [<mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org>] > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] REPOST: AD Integrated DNS Name > Servers After Demotion > > No need to repost, John. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [<mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org>] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 13:57 > To: ActiveDir List > Subject: [ActiveDir] REPOST: AD Integrated DNS Name > Servers After Demotion > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [<mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org>] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:29 PM > To: ActiveDir List > Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Integrated DNS Name Servers > After Demotion > > Last weekend, we demoted 233 DCs. We went from a branch > deployment to a region deployment of DCs. > > I noticed to today that although the DCs demoted, removed > the computer accounts from the DC OU, removed the entry in the SYSTEM > folder under the SYSVOL FRS volumes, the demoted DCs did not remove > themselves as Name Servers for the AD Integrated zones. The demoted DCs > are still running DNS, but do not have any zones. Why are these servers > still listed in the properties of the zones as Name Servers when they do > not have the zones in their DNS server service? > > John F. Hann, MCP > BancorpSouth > Network Services - Administration & Infrastructure > Management > 662.678.7179 >
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