Past 30 days offline it will complain - at least 2003 servers do, but I think it's also related to some AD archive or backup time setting....I ran into something about 30 days when I restored a DC from a backup that was 36 days old.
Minor in the scheme of things, just something to keep in mind. ...Then again, maybe that was of no help... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:56 AM 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/> ~
