Hi,
I am planning on replacing my existing Domain Controller hardware with new HP Servers. All DC's in my environment are GC's running Windows 2003 in a single Domain Forest.
The area I am unsure about is that I've been asked to keep the names of the servers exactly the same
To keep the names the same and perform an upgrade, do I still need to do a metadata cleanup / remove entries from DNS once I demote the 'to-be-replaced-DC' from the domain, even though I plan to install the same named DC/IP on new hardware?
Also, if I have DNS & DHCP running on the individual DC's, are there any gotcha's which you've experienced when replacing existing Windows 2003 Servers with new hardware using the same name & IP address? (I realise DHCP is not recommended on a DC though we're happy to take that risk)
thanks...
Frank
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