For that very reason, I have no inhibitions about using a new name and ip address. Unless you have a process that is hardcoded to use that IP address, then I can think of no reason to wait for replication just to get back to operational stability.
Al -----Original Message----- From: FDiskThePC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] NTDSUTIL and Metadata Cleanup We had a dirty shutdown on a DC a few days ago, and it would not boot back up successfully. We called MS PSS before we took any recovery measures since this was our first dead DC. After some initial troubleshooting, MS recommended that we manually remove the server from AD with ntdsutil and rebuild. One thing they mentioned is that all DC's need to fully replicate to learn of the DC removal before rebuilding it with the same name and IP. Otherwise, they said we would have an identity crisis on our hands. Since we have our last seven DC's that we built at corporate in route to remote locations... I guess we'll have to wait. My question is have any of you guys had to do this? And have you used the same name and IP for the server? Did you in fact wait for all DC's to be online and fully replicate? And for you real AD guru's out there, what are the details behind the possible "identity crisis"? Thanks, guys. -Rick Dayton __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ 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/
