RE: [ActiveDir]

[Mulnick, Al]

Title: Message

Can't think of any reason why you couldn't pull this off.  I can think of a thousand different things that could go wrong.   As a suggestion, have you considered modifying the users DNS server usage?  Say with a script?  DHCP settings?     Not sure that it really must be done that way either.  I mean, if you take the server down, rebuild it, let it replicate, you'd have a new DNS and DC conceivably during the end users down time.  Much lower risk as well.  Is that an option?  Fall back options would need to be worked out in case things didn't go well.     Al  -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Hi Folks, I have 2 w2k servers in my network that are responsible for all the FSMO roles,DNS,DHCP,etc. Have just promoted a server3k member server to DC status and would Like to temporarily give the 3k server all of the above responsibility while I decommission the 2k servers one at a time and rebuild them as 3k servers. The problem is that all 2k and xp clients point to the 2k servers for DNS, which leads to my question. Can I change the IP address of the 3k server to that of one of the 2k servers once it is out of the loop and not experience any problems?  I read an article about how to do it but would like to know if anyone has done this and if so what should I look out for as far as gotchas,etc.   Thank you in advance Jerry   Scicom Data Services Minnetonka,Mn