How well does SharePoint deal with a domain rename in a NON-SBS environment?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Rename domain - DC with Exchange installed Actually not true, this changed in Exchange SP1...now that said..... we STILL do not recommend renaming in SBSland because of Sharepoint. That is what gets totally screwed these days with a domain rename on our boxes. [yes a MVP tried it, Exchange made the trip just fine, Sharepoint did not] Domain Rename - Rename a Windows 2003 Forest with Exchange 2003 installed: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html Stupid question alert though....why the need for the rename in the first place? Now granted, this is our funky space down here but...the name of the domain is totally meaningless and you should name your servers to not need renaming is our philosophy in SBSland. Bottom line ...yes... on a normal server, no on SBS. I have seen several KBs that point to ... if I remember right.... public folder wackoness after a domain rename that needed some hotfixes. Michael B. Smith wrote: > It is not supported to change the name of a server on which Exchange > is installed. > > Thus you can't change the name of a DC while Exchange is installed > upon it. Exchange will break. > > For more information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842116 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve > Sorenson > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Rename domain - DC with Exchange installed > > Hi everyone, > > We have a Windows 2003 SP1 server with Exchange 2003 installed. I need > to change the domain name. Doing some reading up on the subject, I'm > getting conflicting information on whether this is even possible in > our case. For the record, this is our DC (and the only DC in the > domain) and it has Exchange installed on it. > > I've read the documentation that MS has available on the two tools for > domain renaming and am not clear on whether I need to first uninstall > Exchange to do this. > > Has anyone here done this successfully without uninstalling Exchange > first? > > TIA for any pointers! > > Steve > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > -- Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? http://www.threatcode.com List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
