To minimise impact, consider the following approach: 1. Upgrade the schema 2. Upgrade the Domain Naming Master 3. Upgrade a DC hosting no FSMO roles (or one hosting roles which can be unavailable for a period of time e.g. RID master) 4. Move the PDC role to the DC upgraded in 3. 5. Upgrade the original PDCe role holder 6. Move the PDCe role back to its original holder 7. Upgrade remaining PDCe's in a similar fashion 8. Upgrade remaining DCs (ISTGs and GCs first, preferably)
Naturally, you should check for errors and wait for replication to complete, before progressing from one step to the next. HTH, Neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 July 2003 04:05 Subject: [ActiveDir Digest] --------------------------------------------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD upgrade Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:12:23 -0700 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I reccomend that you do it when it will have the LEAST impact. The impact will, however depend on the number of DCs and users involved. If you have redundant servers, the impact will be less apparent to the end-user. This is one of those times I tend to agree with "more (as in more hardware) is better" HTH Deji Akomolafe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rittenhouse, Cindy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:37 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] AD upgrade > I finally have a date set for my AD upgrade. It will be in in place upgrade > of our NT domain. I've done this procedure 3 times in my test lab and > I'm 95% confident. What I don't know is what impact the upgrade > process will have on our end users accessing network resources during > the upgrade process. DHCP and WINS are on member servers, but our DNS > server will promoted to a DC immediately after the PDC upgrade is > complete. Are there any specific issues I should be aware of? I have a > 7x24 network (don't we all), so taking the network down is not a > viable option. Thanks > > Cynthia Rittenhouse MCSE,CCNA > LAN Administrator > County of Lancaster > Lancaster, PA 17602 > > > > 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/ > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain sensitive and private proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP and each legal entity in the CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON or CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT business units of CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Unless otherwise stated, any pricing information given in this message is indicative only, is subject to change and does not constitute an offer to deal at any price quoted. Any reference to the terms of executed transactions should be treated as preliminary only and subject to our formal written confirmation. 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/
