So I seized the FSMO roles today and then deleted the two lost DC's. The deletion is much easier in 2008 and above as you can do it from the GUI, no need to use ntsdutil.
We also finished WAN and Internet connectivity today so that was a relief. On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never been in our AU office, but it's in Stafford, which looks > to be about 1/2 hour North of Oxley. > > Given that Stafford Heights is not far away, I'll guess that our > office is elevated above the flood plain - the terrain view on Google > Maps seems to confirm this as well. > > Kurt > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 16:07, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our office is in the suburb of Oxley which is 20-25 mins drive from the > > CBD. It's just that the media have focssed a lot on the CBD. > > > > Having said that 75% of Queensland is regarded a disaster zone now. So > most > > of the state has been effected, not just the capital (Brisbane). > > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> We seem to have missed this bullet. > >> > >> Our AU office is well out of the flood zone for Brisbane (which, from > >> what I've seen, is the CBD), though one of our employees had to > >> evacuate his home, and several others were not able to make it to work > >> because of flooding between home and office. > >> > >> I'm a bit of underwater at work at the moment myself, though in a > >> completely metaphorical sense, so I don't know how much I can > >> contribute to the discussion, but my sympathies, sir, and best of > >> luck. > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 13:36, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > If you've seen the news you may have heard that we've had some very > >> > serious > >> > flooding here in Brisbane, Australia. As a result we lost our data > >> > centre, > >> > it ended up being completely under water. We managed to save some > >> > components thanks to some knee high walking in water before it got too > >> > high. A very critical server was later rescued thanks to a boat and > >> > some > >> > roof removal. Walking in to your Data Centre in knee high water is > some > >> > what depressing. Seeing the lights on equipment that is higher in the > >> > racks(and dry) still being powered by the UPS in a dark room filling > up > >> > with > >> > water is well...uncomforting. > >> > > >> > We are now in hectic DR mode and are restoring services as quickly as > >> > possible. Unfortunately we didn't have a DR location(planning was > under > >> > way > >> > but nothing was in place) and so a lot of the restore means retrieving > >> > data > >> > from tapes and building servers from scratch. > >> > > >> > I'm in new territory here and so I'm hoping the list can help me out > >> > with > >> > some questions that I know will arise as I work through this mess. > >> > > >> > We have secured space in a nice and dry Data centre and have organised > >> > WAN > >> > and Internet connectivity(although it's not fired up yet), some rack > >> > space, > >> > and have rented VM's and disk space. > >> > > >> > We have a 2008 level domain with a mix of 2008 and 2008 R2 DC's. The > >> > two > >> > DC's we lost were running 2008 and held the FSMO roles. We have C: > >> > drive > >> > and system state backups of these. We have a number of other DC's out > >> > in > >> > our stores that are high and dry. What I would like to do is:- > >> > > >> > Create a new DC in the new Data Centre with a new name but running > >> > 2008R2 > >> > (take the opportunity to upgrade it). > >> > Give it the FSMO roles (is this possible considering the domain level > is > >> > at > >> > 2008 but the server would be 2008 R2)? > >> > Clear out the two lost DC's from AD entirely. > >> > > >> > Thoughts, suggestions and messages of sympathy are all welcome. > >> > > >> > James. > >> > > >> > ~ 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 > >> > > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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
