Specifically, you should transfer the Infrastructure Master and PDC Master off the Root DC.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Winzenz > Sent: April 15, 2002 5:45 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Emergency HELP Please > > > Yes you can have multiple root servers. And it is a very > good idea to do > so. For one, you can transfer some of the FSMO roles to the > other server. > For another, in case of failure, you have another root domain > controller > live that can take over. You are thinking along the lines of > NT4, with the > 1 PDC. With 2000, as long as the server is a Domain > Controller in the root > domain, it will contain all the info. You may even want to > set up a desktop > class machine as the second domain controller if that is all you have. > > Ben Winzenz, MCSE > Network/Systems Administrator > Peregrine Systems > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony L. Sollars [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:33 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Emergency HELP Please > > Along these same lines, how would you protect yourself from > this tradegy by > way of a second server that can also hold the root server > data, can you have > 2 root server? I am sure you enterprise level admins don't > have one single > server at the head of your root domains? Thanks again. > > I too have only 1 root server right now, but it is a reall > server with full > HArdware RAID and redundancy at all levels, but I would feel > even safer if I > had another server keeping copies of the root domain data. > > > -TOny > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Allhiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:42 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Emergency HELP Please > > > You should at least back up your system state data (AD). > With 2000 you can back up to another disk or another server > using the built-in Winbackup. > Then, if it happens again, you're only replacing a HDD instead of a > domain. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Morgan, Joshua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:26 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Emergency HELP Please > > > Ok I need a little help with this. > > I rebuilt the root domain lets call it Root.net > After the DNS installed I set it to allow automatic updates I > then went in > and my child domain information has re-registered completely > and all of my > stuff has started to work fine (from what I can tell)... > Now that I have convinced management of the need for REAL > servers and they > are on order can I hold off till I get those servers to > rebuild anything? > > > > > > Joshua Morgan > PH: (864) 250-1350 Ext 133 > Fax: (413) 581-4936 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:38 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Emergency HELP Please > > > Sounds like the drive is toast . . . Especially if chkdsk -f > can't fix the > error. Me thinkee you is gonna be in the office REAL late . > . . Gonna have > to rebuild your entire domain structure. Again, badger mgmt for real > hardware - although you do have to take the blame for the > backups, you can > at least point to this and say . . . "this wouldn't have > happened if we had > had a real Server with H/W RAID . . ." - and there's no > complete guarantee > that a restore would have worked, especially if there was > data on the area > where the bad blocks were. But I think we can all be assured > that you will > start doing backups from this point forward . . . :) - p.s. > make sure to > backup the system state if you just use Ntbackup (at least > it's free!). > > James Winzenz, MCSE, A+ > Associate Systems Administrator > Peregrine Systems, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:23 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Emergency HELP Please > > > I can also tell you when it is in the second machine and I go > to the System > Event Logs I constantly see The Device \Device\HardDisk1\DR1, > has a bad > block > > ------ > 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.unsub%% > > ------ > 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.unsub%% > > ------ > 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.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
