RE: [ActiveDir] see anything wrong?

[Joe]

I seem to recall that MS is no longer recommending you take the schema master offline, don't recall the specifics as it was a hazy time for me. Instead throw it into its own site and set the replication to once per week - you can not set it any less than that or it will ignore the schedule. Once you are confident everything is good, crank up the replication or force it via repadmin.     joe From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pelle, Joe Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, everyone!   I want to run a scenario by you all and see if I am missing a step here or there…    Scenario: Security Root and Domain are Windows 2000 SP3 Both Security Root and Domain need to be Adprep/ForestPrep ADPrep/DomainPrep tomorrow Both Security Root and Domain need to be upgraded to Windows Server 2003.   Plan: 1.                   Bring a new DC in the Security Root online today to get a fresh copy of the Schema and AD – Take new DC offline before upgrade 2.                   Adprep security root tomorrow for Friday upgrade 3.                   Take Schema master offline during adprep/forestprep 4.                   Put Schema master back online if no problems occur during adprep/forestprep 5.                   force replication of adprep/forestprep changes 6.                   adprep/domainprep security root 7.                   force replication of domainprep 8.                   Upgrade Security Root to Server 2003 9.                   repeat process for the Child domain   Any additions, thoughts, recommendations, real-life experiences you all could share with me would be very much appreciated.    Also, if anyone has a good roll back plan in case of failure that would be good too ;) Finally, we tested this in a lab with mediocre machines and the security root machine locks up after less than a minute once logged onto.   Thanks, again!   Joe Pelle Systems Analyst Information Technology Valassis / IT 19975 Victor Parkway Livonia, MI 48152 Tel 734.591.7324  Fax 734.632.6151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.valassis.com/   This message may have included proprietary or protected information.  This message and the information contained herein are not to be further communicated without my express written consent.