Useful, relevant papers here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/winsrvr/domainrename.mspx
neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Almeida Pinto, Jorge de Sent: 17 October 2006 08:49 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Lingering info following domain rename with rendom Tony, Don't forget to rename the DCs as that is an additional action after the domain rename jorge >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray >>>Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 05:48 >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Lingering info following domain rename with >>>rendom >>> >>>Aha, the rendom /clean was what I hadn't run. In typical fashion I >>>ignored everything after /rendom /end (and GPFixUp). This is a lab >>>environment after all :-) >>> >>>Thanks Steve - it was driving me nuts. >>> >>>Tony >>> >>>---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >>>From: Steve Linehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Reply-To: [email protected] >>>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:10:15 -0700 >>> >>>Have you run the rendom /clean operation yet? Also what is the >>>output of netdom /enumerate:ALLNAMES ? >>> >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>-Steve >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray >>>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:19 PM >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: [ActiveDir] Lingering info following domain rename with >>>rendom >>> >>>Hi all >>> >>>I've renamed a domain using the rendom utility. All appears to have >>>gone well, but I now get 5781 Netlogon errors in the System event log >>>complaining that it can't register DNS records associated with the >>>old domain. This doesn't appear to affect anything, but I'm keen to >>>know why this is happening. >>> >>>The SRV records for the new domain name are all registered correctly >>>(AD integrated DNS). >>> >>>If I look in the netlogon.dns file I see records representing both >>>the old domain name (let's say old.com) and the new domain name >>>(new.com). >>> >>>The old zone was AD integrated, so I've trawled through AD looking >>>for references to the old zone, but I can't find anything. I've >>>looked in the following locations, but all seems normal, i.e. >>>references to the new domain name. >>> >>>CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,<DomainDN> >>>DC=DomainDNSZones,<DomainDN> >>>DC-ForestDNSZones,<DomainDN> >>> >>>I've tried clearing the server cache, but no joy. >>> >>>I've tried deleting the netlogon.dns and netlogon.dnb and restarting >>>the netlogon service, but that didn't help. Each time the newly >>>created netlogon.dns contains records corresponding to the old >>>domain. >>> >>>The netlogon log file (with debugging turned on) contains the >>>following references to the old domain: >>> >>>10/17 14:26:18 [DOMAIN] NlUpdateDnsRootAlias: Updating >>>DnsDomainNameAlias from (null) to old.com >>>10/17 14:26:18 [DOMAIN] NlUpdateDnsRootAlias: Updating >>>DnsForestNameAlias from (null) to old.com >>> >>>Any thoughts on where the old domain information might be coming >>>from? >>> >>>Tony >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________________________________________ >>>Sent via the WebMail system at mail.activedir.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >>>List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >>>List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >>>List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >>>List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >>>List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________________________________________ >>>Sent via the WebMail system at mail.activedir.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >>>List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >>>List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >>> This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. 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