RE: [IMail Forum] MAJORLY OT: Demoting a DC

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:23:25 -0700

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If you do not demote it, AD will believe it still exists and continue to try to contact it from any other DC and replicate to it. You will a lot of errors and warnings in the various event logs of any other DCs. If you should ever happen to bring another computer on line with the same name you will see even more errors and problems.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sharyn Schmidt
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:01 AM
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Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] MAJORLY OT: Demoting a DC

 

Thanks, got the Global Catalog role transferred and replication seems to be working fine.

 

I was planning on leaving the old DC up for the rest of the week "just in case".

 

I was just curious as to exactly what demoting it does as opposed to transferring everything manually.

 

The harddrives on the old box are failing and I'm wondering if it crashes in the middle of demoting if that isn't worse than just pulling it offline.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Loven
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:55 AM
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Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] MAJORLY OT: Demoting a DC

You might want to consider making sure you transfer Global Catalog role to the new DC as well. AND make sure you give sufficient time for replication before initiating the demotion.

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Graveen
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MAJORLY OT: Demoting a DC

 

You'll want to demote it so AD is properly cleaned up.  Just pulling a DC leaves a mess.
Hope this helps.

Mike

At 07:50 AM 6/27/2006, you wrote:

Good morning,

I would like to pick the brains of the Windows AD gurus out there. Pardon me for using this list but everyone here is so knowledgeable!

I am replacing my first DC of my domain with a newer model. (still using win2k server, though)

I have already transferred the FSMO roles to the new DC and configured the DCs in my other sites to use the new one for AD replication.

So, my question is, do I just pull the old one offline or do I need to demote it? If I do need to demote it, what exactly happens when it gets demoted if I've manually transferred everything to the new DC anyway?

Thanks in advance!
Sharyn

 

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