RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrading Hardware for Windows 2003 DC

[Brian Desmond]

Frank,   Just dcpromo the old one down, and dcpromo the new one up. You only need to do a metadata cleanup if the DC is uncleanly removed (aka not dcpromo’ed down).   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.731.3132     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Abagnale Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 10:06 AM To: Active Subject: [ActiveDir] Upgrading Hardware for Windows 2003 DC     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             Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.