That's Bob, off on a tangent again. Definitely don't take this approach - demote, remove from domain, reinstall from scratch. It's *way* less risky, and very little more work - maybe 5 minutes, depending on replication.
Kurt On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Free Jr., Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > +whatever > > > > Can’t cosign this one :-] > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] In place 2008 R2 DC to 2012 DC > > > > +1 > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jonathan Link > Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] In place 2008 R2 DC to 2012 DC > > > > It's not that much less work if it goes well. And it's so much more work if > it's borked. > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > But but it is less work if it goes well! > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jonathan Link > Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] In place 2008 R2 DC to 2012 DC > > > > Why would you make more work for yourself? > > Transfer fsmo roles, if necessary. > > Dcpromo and demote the server to a member server then nuke and repave. > > > > The environment doesn't matter, the risk of borking a dc and the ease of > removing and adding a dc should make this kind of decision a no brainer. > > On Thursday, July 2, 2015, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I know, don’t do it….migrate. > > But I am going for it, the boxes are pretty fresh with rock solid hardware. > I have no nagging event log issues or issues with the DC’s. I have a 2012 DC > on a VM in the same room if it goes bad. They only do DC stuff no other > crazy apps on them. My domain is very flat and simple…..it’s summer time > there are only 75 people tops working and they are all cool if it gets > annoying. > > Anyone done it this way, how did it go? > > No, not doing it today, don’t want to mess up the holiday weekend. > > > > > ________________________________ > PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. > To learn more, please visit > http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ > ________________________________
