I think as long as it wasn't holding any FSMO roles, it will be OK. But, the safest bet would be to go through the exercise you mentioned.
Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 2008 DC being offline Hello, A 2008 DC (lets call it Server-F) we have at another site has been offline for 6 weeks. We powered it down because the building was undergoing construction, and the building was effectively CLOSED for those 6 weeks. Construction is done and I'm ready to bring the server back online. Is there a problem with just turning Server-F on and letting it re-sync with active directory even though its been offline for 6 weeks? or... would I be better off bringing Server-F up WITHOUT a network cable connected, run dcpromo /forceremoval on it... then remove any references to the Server-F from my other DCs, and eventually re-promote server F back as a DC? Thoughts? -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
