You are correct. The only supported way to demote a BDC to a member server is to reinstall the OS.
How many BDCs are we talking about? One two...or a few dozen? Should not be a big deal if it's just a few servers, a few hours of work. If the issue is with a few dozen servers, then I say you need to look into refreshing your hardware. If it's not good enought for Windows 2000 server, then it's time to cycle out the hardware. In the long run this will be much better on the TCO. You can make a proposal for adding the old hardware to your computer lab (or create a lab if you don't have one already)...or whatever. BTW: If you are demoting the BDCs to member servers (via reload or 3rd party tools), and there is no other BDCs in your domain, then you can switch your Windows 2000 Domain into Native Mode (but you probably knew that, just wanted to state the obvious). Also, you may want to plan to have at lease two DCs in your Windows 2000 domain, again for obvious reasons. Cheers, Leonard Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Christopher Barr > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:55 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: General Question about PDC and BDC before migrating to AD > > > My PDC is NT4 and I plan on rebuilding it as Win2k DC, > setting it up in > Mixed mode. My BDC is also NT4� which I would like to keep it > as NT4 due > to hardware issues. Will this NT4 BDC be able to access the > Win2k network > as just a member server? Everywhere I look it seems that the > only way to > keep it NT4 is to REINSTALL, If anyone has any > input/suggestions/ideas on > easier ways please help. > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
