It's just a member server. You should have no issues with bringing it back online.
Just be sure to rejoin the domain. -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Nov 22, 2011 9:32 AM, "Bob Hartung" <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > We had a file server at a remote location suffer corruption from a > software install gone bad. The server would appear to be booting normally, > making it to the Windows 2003 splash screen with the progress indicator. > Unfortunately, the screen would then go black and the system would reboot. > The same thing would happen trying to boot in Safe Mode and Last Known Good > Configuration. > > This server is the only server at this remote location and acts as a file > server, DHCP server and domain controller. This server and PCs at this > location are in their own subnet (172.17.x.x) but is a member of our single > AD domain. The subnet at my location is 172.16.x.x. > > Since this location doesn't have an IT person on staff, it was decided > they'd ship to server back to me so I could restore it from a tape backup. > When I received the server, I decided I'd start by trying a Repair Install. > It couldn't hurt since I was eventually planning on a restore from tape > anyway. At this point, the server has been offline for about a week. > > The Repair Install actually seems to have worked. The system came up with > its normal desktop background but then stopped before loading the desktop > icons with a requirement to activate the operating system. I did that and > the desktop came up. I have not hooked the server up to the network here > yet. > > After all that, here's my question. Will I cause a lot of AD problems if I > assign this server a 172.16.x.x IP address and bring it up and let it sync > up with our domain? I want to make sure it's functioning properly. Also, > I've never done a Repair Install before. Does a Repair Install change > things to a system that need to be manually reconfigured? > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
