ok - so this "server" is in worse shape than originally thought. The hard drive won't stay spinning for more than 10 minutes.... So do I dare try to run DCPROMO on it, or can I remove it from my other domain controller? UGH....
________________________________ From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Removing a 2003 DC Shouldn't even be a hiccup, so long as your count of DNS servers never reaches zero...but I'd recommend getting a secondary DNS server back up as soon as practical, sooner if possible. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, David Mazzaccaro <[email protected]> wrote: Everyone is using this as a secondary DNS server. Soooo if I am thinking correctly, it shouldn't be an issue when it is no longer there, as clients look to the first DNS server, well... first? ________________________________ From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues. Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the biggest hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this machine configured as a DNS server. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 ________________________________ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Removing a 2003 DC I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I would like to decomission. It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server. I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls and is also a DNS server. What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server? Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then remove it from the domain? Any other steps? What do I do about DNS? Should I remove DNS first, then demote it and remove it from the domain? It isn't running any other services. Just is a secondary domain controller and DNS server. Thanks ________________________________ This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. -- David _____________________ A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. Horace (Ancient Roman Poet. 65 BC-8 BC) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
