If its W2K3 use the install from
media option... DCPROMO /ADV
If you have W2K and have that
possibility ship the DC to a central location, DCPROMO it and ship it back to
the branch office. In this case be sure to create a separate site in AD and
install the DC in that separate site!. Why? If you install the DC in the central
production site the DC will register its records in DNS corresponding to that
site. If you ship it later on, the records in the central production site where
the DC got installed might not be cleaned up. Clients in the central production
could afterwards be authenticated against the branch office DC and then they
will have performance that sucks over that 128K line. Just a
reminder!
Cheers
#JORGE#
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles
Sent: maandag 13 juni 2005 15:14
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] DCPROMO over a 128\256K line
I have
a server at a remote location that I need to DCPROMO. Two of my colleagues
were at this location a few months ago and tried to DCPROMO it after a fresh
rebuild but the sync took down the line (it was running at 56K with a burst
speed of 128K).
We
have finally gotten the line upgraded to a 128K line with with a 256K
burst. I'm not all that great with my math on these slow links but I was
wondering if it would be possible to conduct a DCPROMO while making that DC a
global catalog over this size link?
Right
now, I'm going to have someone there power it up so I can do a forced demote and
then I will remove AD from it (as this box is currently tombstoned) then
ensure that I delete it out of my AD. After that I will need to bring it
back up and I'm trying to determine the best course of
action:
1) DCPROMO it remotely and let
it kill the line over a weekend
2) Have them ship the server
to me for rebuilding (it's in Canada I'm in the US)
3) Install a DC on a laptop
and carry it up there and conduct the DCPROMO
I
would like to do the first one for cost and time reasons, however I'm not sure
if the replication will be able to occur over this slow of a line in
time.
Does
item one sound like it would work or is the line too small to do this type of
sync with? Currently, my NTDS and SYSVOL folders are only 226 megs
combined.
What
path do you guys suggestion I follow?
Thanks,
Charlie
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