[ActiveDir] Moving NT4.0 Dns to Win2k3 DNS

[John Strongosky]

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I've currently been tasked with moving our nt4.0 dns to win2k3 and I think I have an understanding how I want to do but I'm not sure,  so i thought I would run it by the this group and see if my logic will pass muster.   1. we have 2 nt4.0 sp6a dns servers called ntdns1 and ntdns2, plus 5 other win2k dns servers as secondary dns servers on other campus's. 2. ntdns1 is our forwarder and the primary dns server for 70+ domains and its also running dhcp for about 30 scopes and wins. 3. ntdns2 is our secondary for these zones and also has wins on it. 4. wins servers are not in a push/pull scenario. They act on there own.   How I was thinking about migrating these dns servers is to do ntdns2 first.   1. after I  load win2k3 on let's say  "ntdns3", then  load dns and then  add the zone files as a secondary zones and reverse lookup zones and let them propagate, then add wins and do a scavenge. 2. turn off ntdns2 and then change the ip address of "ntdns3" to the ip address of ntdns2.   Then do ntdns1 in the same way but with another server and after the zones and wins have been done, change the ip to the same on that ntdns1 was, change the zones from secondary to primary and add it as the forwarder....     The thing that I'm worried about is browsing and netbios shares won't work and that we will have to reboot all the workstation and servers....for the entire district which would cause me probably to be fired....   any thoughts would be appreciated.   john.