I asked a similar question back in 05/2005 which should be in the archives. In hindsight, it was quite painless though I was rather nervous at the time. I didn't have any problems at all however the issue below that Jorge pointed out at the time did apply in my particular case.
"You Must Rename the SYSVOL Member Object to Rename a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316826 ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Freddy HARTONO Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 5:14 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Renaming DCs via netdom - a no no or painless? Hi Any downside of renaming dc via netdom below instead of demoting one by one (ouch!) http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/aad1169a-f0d2-47d 5-b0ea-989081ce62be1033.mspx <http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/aad1169a-f0d2-47 d5-b0ea-989081ce62be1033.mspx> Any side effects to those remote slow link sites when im doing this or will be transparent to them...comments plueasee. Thank you and have a splendid day! Kind Regards, Freddy Hartono Group Support Engineer InternationalSOS Pte Ltd mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (+65) 6330-9785 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/
